Attachment and emotion transmission within romantic relationships: Merging intrapersonal and interpersonal perspectives

Journal of Relationships Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Randall, Ashley K ^a   Butler, Emily A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; emotion transmission; romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944063072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18380956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jrr.2013.10     Document Type: Article

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