Clinical implications of attachment narratives

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-253

  Fish, Betty ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Infant; Narrative; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444448531     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02190553     Document Type: Article

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