A prototype-based model of adult attachment for clinicians

Psychodynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 549-573

  Maunder, Robert G ^a   Hunter, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84871887148     PISSN: 21622590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2012.40.4.549     Document Type: Article

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