Scared saviors: Evidence that people high in attachment anxiety are more effective in alerting others to threat.
Attachment-related anxiety has repeatedly been associated with poorer adjustment in various social, emotional, and behavioral domains. Building on social defense theory, we examined a possible advantage of having some group members who score high in attachment anxiety - a heightened tendency to deli...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 667 - 672 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Oct2012
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