Evaluating the Effects of Attachment Styles on Relationship Maintenance Behaviors in Father-Daughter Relationships

The Family Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-143

  Punyanunt Carter, Narissra M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; attachment styles; communication; father daughter relationship; relationship maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749022205     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480705285487     Document Type: Article

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