Genetic and environmental influences on adult attachment styles

Personal Relationships

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-289

  Brussoni, Mariana J ^a   Jang, Kerry L ^a   Livesley, W John ^a   Macbeth, Tannis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0042908895     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2000.tb00017.x     Document Type: Article

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