Language use in the Adult Attachment Interview: Evidence for attachment-specific emotion regulation

Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-37

  Borelli, Jessica L ^a   David, Daryn H ^b   Rifkin Graboi, Anne ^c   Sbarra, David A ^d   Mehl, Matthias R ^d   Mayes, Linda C ^e  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84874687637     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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