Mother-adolescent conflict in Taiwan: Links between attachment style and psychological distress

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 919-932

  Liu, Yih Lan ^a   Huang, Fang Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Coping strategy; Psychological distress; Taiwanese adolescents; Threat appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930478437     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2012.40.6.919     Document Type: Article

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