A comparison of adolescent and adult mothers' maternal separation anxiety

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-288

  Blunk, Elizabeth M ^a   Williams, Sue W ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22644449956     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.1999.27.3.281     Document Type: Article

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