Attachment theory: Implications for school psychology

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-259

  Kennedy, Janice H ^a,c   Kennedy, Charles E ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Burke County Schools ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0842325091     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.10153     Document Type: Review

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