Birthmothers and Subsequent Children: The Role of Personality Traits and Attachment History

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-348

  Carr, Mary Jo ^a,b  

^a Antioch University   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0034413571     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009445911090     Document Type: Article

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