Object of desire or object of distress?: Psychosocial functioning among securely and insecurely attached indian young adults

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 432-450

  Maher, Hemali ^a   Sumathi, D ^a   Winston, Christine N ^a  

^a Women's Christian College   (India)

Author keywords

Attachment; Interpersonal; Object relations; Psychosocial; Self worth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINGENCIES OF SELF WORTH SCALE AND HORNEYCOOLIDGE TRIDIMENSIONAL INVENTORY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATIONS SCALE GLOBAL RATING METHOD; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITION AND OBJECT RELATIONS SCALE GLOBAL RATING METHOD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84936949116     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: 19391331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038169     Document Type: Article

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