What are the Differences Between Dimensional and Categorical Models of Individual Differences in Attachment? Reply to Cassidy (2003), Cummings (2003), Sroufe (2003), and Waters and Beauchaine (2003)

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-429

  Fraley, R Chris ^a   Spieker, Susan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0141865496     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.423     Document Type: Review

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