Beyond the borders of reality: Attachment orientations and sexual fantasies

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-342

  Birnbaum, Gurit E ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 34547264809     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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