The relationship between attachment protypes, self-esteem, loneliness and causal attributions in Chinese trainee teachers

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-371

  Man, Ka On ^a   Hamid, P Nicholas ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0032014969     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8869(97)00185-2     Document Type: Article

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