The universality of relationship characteristics: A cross-cultural comparison of different types of attachment and loneliness in Canadian and visiting Chinese students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-68

  DiTommaso, Enrico ^a   Brannen, Cyndi ^a   Burgess, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 13744262781     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2005.33.1.57     Document Type: Article

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