Stability and change in adult attachment styles: Associations with personal vulnerabilities, life events, and global construals of self and others

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-346

  Cozzarelli, Catherine ^c   Karafa, Joseph A ^a   Collins, Nancy L ^b   Tagler, Michael J ^c  

^a FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038379310     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.22.3.315.22888     Document Type: Article

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