Adult Romantic Attachments: A Developmental Perspective on Individual Differences

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-131

  Cassidy, Jude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.4.2.111     Document Type: Review

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