Adult attachment and symptom distress: A dyadic analysis of couples in therapy

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-344

  Parker, M L ^a   Johnson, Lee N ^b   Ketring, Scott A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor partner interdependence model; Adult attachment; Couple therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863738814     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2012.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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