In search of security: The latent structure of the adult attachment interview revisited

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 589-606

  Haydon, Katherine C ^a   Roisman, Glenn I ^a   Burt, Keith B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84859912299     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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