Attachment Styles and Parental Representations

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 407-419

  Levy, Kenneth N ^b   Blatt, Sidney J ^c   Shaver, Phillip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c 8/107 North Academic Center ^*

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EID: 0032338242     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.2.407     Document Type: Article

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