An attachment perspective on psychopathology

World Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-15

  Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Emotion regulation; Interpersonal relations; Mental health; Psychopathology; Security; Self

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTACHMENT INSECURITY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EXPECTATION; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORY;

EID: 84857282182     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpsyc.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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