Uncovering and Overcoming Ambivalence: The Role of Chronic and Contextually Activated Attachment in Two-Person Social Dilemmas

Journal of Personality

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-117

  McClure, M Joy ^a   Bartz, Jennifer A ^b   Lydon, John E ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Anxious ambivalence; Priming; Prosocial behaviour; Social dilemmas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANXIETY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GAME THEORY; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872666168     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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