The attachment system and physiology in adulthood: Normative processes, individual differences, and implications for health

Journal of Personality

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 515-527

  Robles, Theodore F ^a   Kane, Heidi S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SLEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911416683     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12052     Document Type: Article

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