Causality, Adaptation, and Meaning a Perspective from Attachment Theory and Research

Psychoanalytic Dialogues

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 557-596

  Cortina, Mauricio ^a,b,c  

^a Washington School of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0033420765     PISSN: 10481885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10481889909539344     Document Type: Review

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