Attachment Style and Affect Regulation: Implications for Coping with Stress and Mental Health

Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 535-557

  Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Florian, Victor ^a  

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Author keywords

Attachment theory; Emotional distress; Mental health; Psychological processes; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904256893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998557.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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