Attachment style and mental health: A 1-year follow-up study of mothers of infants with congenital heart disease

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 956-968

  Berant, Ety ^b   Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Florian, Victor ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035429604     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201278004     Document Type: Article

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