Attachment and Social Functioning: A Longitudinal Study from Infancy to Middle Childhood

Social Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-39

  Bohlin, Gunilla ^a   Hagekull, Berit ^b   Rydell, Ann Margret ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Separation Anxiety Test; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034407288     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00109     Document Type: Article

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