Attachment-based intervention in adoptive families in infancy and children's development at age 7: Two follow-up studies

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-180

  Stams, Geert Jan J M ^a   Juffer, Femmie ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Hoksbergen, Renéa C ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035631122     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151001166010     Document Type: Article

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