Coherence and representations in preschoolers' narratives: Associations with attachment in infancy

Family Stories and the Life Course: Across Time and Generations

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 77-107

  Sher Censor, Efrat ^a   Oppenheim, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610300     Document Type: Chapter

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