Attachment and well-being: The mediating role of emotion regulation and resilience

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 821-826

  Karreman, Annemiek ^a   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Emotion regulation; Reappraisal; Resilience; Suppression; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865552252     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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