Adult Attachment, Emotion Dysregulation, and Symptoms of Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-141

  Marganska, Anna ^a   Gallagher, Michelle ^a   Miranda, Regina ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment style; Attachment anxiety; College students; Depression; Emotion dysregulation; Generalized anxiety disorder; Rumination; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION DYSREGULATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84872559229     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajop.12001     Document Type: Article

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