Attachment strategies in Japanese urban middle-class couples: A cultural theme analysis of asymmetry in marital relationships

Personal Relationships

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 435-455

  Onishi, Miyoko ^a   Gjerde, Per F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 23044534074     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6811.00028     Document Type: Article

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