Assessing the reliability of change: A comparison of two measures of adult attachment

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 202-208

  Xu, Joy H ^a   Shrout, Patrick E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Reliability; State measures; Within person change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873942440     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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