Attachment to objects as compensation for close others' perceived unreliability

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 912-917

  Keefer, Lucas A ^a   Landau, Mark J ^a   Rothschild, Zachary K ^a   Sullivan, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Attachment anxiety; Attachment avoidance; Belongings; Materialism; Unreliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862191384     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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