Being "Single and Unattached": The Role of Adult Attachment Styles

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1564-1570

  Bookwala, Jamila ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0346308456     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01963.x     Document Type: Article

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