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Generally, a social phobia and anxiety disorder resulting in difficulting forming [close relationships] with another person.

AssessmentEdit

Fear-of-Intimacy Scale (FIS), (Descutner & Thelen, 1991)

See alsoEdit

• Ambivalence
• Attachment theory
• Counterdependent
• Fear of commitment
• Love-shyness

References Edit

Bartholomew, Kim, "Avoidance of Intimacy: An Attachment Perspective," Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 7, No. 2, 147-178 (1990)

Fear-of-Intimacy Scale (FIS), Descutner & Thelen, 1991)

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