Don't Get Your Hopes Up: Avoidantly Attached Individuals Perceive Lower Social Reward When There Is Potential for Intimacy

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-236

  Spielmann, Stephanie S ^a   Maxwell, Jessica A ^a   MacDonald, Geoff ^a   Baratta, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

attachment style; attachment system deactivation; intimacy; rejection; romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873474316     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212472541     Document Type: Article

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