Building secure relationships: Attachment in kin and unrelated foster caregiver-infant relationships

Families in Society

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 497-508

  Cole, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33845727650     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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