Validity evidence for the security scale as a measure of perceived attachment security in adolescence

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 425-431

  Van Ryzin, Mark J ^a   Leve, Leslie D ^a  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; Kerns Security Scale; Parent child interactions; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ATTACHMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERN SECURITY SCALE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858283035     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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