Changes in Adult Attachment Styles in American College Students Over Time: A Meta-Analysis

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 326-348

  Konrath, Sara H ^a,b   Chopik, William J ^a   Hsing, Courtney K ^a   O’Brien, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment style; insecure attachment temporal change; meta analysis; secular trends; secure attachment

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908504666     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: 15327957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868314530516     Document Type: Article

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