Attachment anxiety uniquely predicts regret proneness in close relationship contexts

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 348-355

  Joel, Samantha ^a   MacDonald, Geoff ^a   Plaks, Jason E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment anxiety; Close relationships; Regret

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859227431     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611420886     Document Type: Article

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