Adults' attachment patterns: Coping with separations

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 667-690

  Mayseless, Ofra ^a   Danieli, Rotem ^a   Sharabany, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0030355012     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01537360     Document Type: Article

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