Close relationship processes and health: Implications of attachment theory for health and disease

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 499-513

  Pietromonaco, Paula R ^a   Uchino, Bert ^b   Schetter, Christine Dunkel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Biopsychosocial processes; Close relationships; Health; Social support

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84880991783     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029349     Document Type: Article

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