Gendered pathways to romantic attachment in emerging adults: The role of body image and parental support

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 533-548

  Seiffge Krenke, Inge ^a   Persike, Malte ^a   Shulman, Shmuel ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

BMI; Body image; Maternal and paternal support; Negativity; Romantic attachment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947036733     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2015.1044963     Document Type: Article

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