Are anxiously attached women better mindreaders?

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-321

  Hünefeldt, Thomas ^a   Laghi, Fiorenzo ^b   Ortu, Francesca ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attachment; Avoidance; Individual differences; Theory of mind; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCES IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); THEORY OF MIND; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880332150     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-013-0556-2     Document Type: Article

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