Parental representations and attachment style as predictors of support-seeking behaviors and perceptions of support in an academic counseling relationship

Personal Relationships

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-113

  Larose, Simon ^a   Boivin, Michel ^a   Doyle, Anna Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 0035582515     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2001.tb00030.x     Document Type: Article

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