Associations between adult attachment style and health risk behaviors in an adult female primary care population

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 364-370

  Ahrens, Kym R ^a   Ciechanowski, Paul ^b   Katon, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Health risk behaviors; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEATBELT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84859211335     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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