Script-like attachment representations in dreams containing current romantic partners

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 501-515

  Selterman, Dylan ^a   Apetroaia, Adela ^b   Waters, Everett ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitions; dreams; mental representations; narratives; script; secure base

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DREAM; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOVE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NARRATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERCEPTION; SLEEP; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864676623     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2012.706395     Document Type: Article

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