Adoption, attachment, and relationship concerns: A study of adult adoptees

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-147

  Feeney, Judith A ^a   Passmore, Nola L ^b   Peterson, Candida C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 34247349910     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2006.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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