Attachment Theory Expanded: A Behavioral Systems Approach

The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Behavioral system; Caregiving; Exploration; Personality development; Power; Sex; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923499621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195398991.013.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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