Attachment styles and violent imagery in thematic stories about relationships

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1030-1034

  Woike, Barbara A ^a   Osier, Thomas J ^b   Candela, Kevin ^b  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030305786     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672962210006     Document Type: Article

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