The adult attachment interview and self-reports of romantic attachment: Associations across domains and methods

Personal Relationships

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-43

  Shaver, Phillip R ^a   Belsky, Jay ^c   Brennan, Kelly A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c University of California ^*

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EID: 0034394705     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2000.tb00002.x     Document Type: Article

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