A Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Validation of the Vulnerable Attachment Style Questionnaire

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 153-163

  Kupeli, Nuriye ^a   Norton, Sam ^b   Chilcot, Joseph ^b   Schmidt, Ulrike H ^b   Campbell, Iain C ^b   Troop, Nicholas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Disordered eating; Mood; Stress; Vulnerable attachment style questionnaire (VASQ)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939877283     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9432-3     Document Type: Article

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