Attachment Theory in Adolescence and its Relevance to Developmental Psychopathology

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-32

  Brown, Lucy Scott ^b   Wright, John ^a  

^a TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347218650     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.274     Document Type: Article

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