Your Love Lifts Me Higher! The Energizing Quality of Secure Relationships

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 721-733

  Luke, Michelle Anne ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^a   Carnelley, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attachment; energy; exploration; relationships; security

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861704744     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211436117     Document Type: Article

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