Can't buy me love?: Anxious attachment and materialistic values

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 666-669

  Norris, J Ian ^a   Lambert, Nathaniel M ^b   Nathan DeWall, C ^c   Fincham, Frank D ^d  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attachment; Economic behavior; Loneliness; Relationships; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863779651     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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