Longitudinal association between adolescent attachment, adult romantic attachment, and emotion regulation strategies

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-103

  Pascuzzo, Katherine ^a   Cyr, Chantal ^a   Moss, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

adult romantic attachment; emotion regulation strategies; parent adolescent attachment; peer adolescent attachment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COURTSHIP; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COURTSHIP; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PEER GROUP; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871144925     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2013.745713     Document Type: Article

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