Reflections on security dynamics: Core constructs, psychological mechanisms, relational contexts, and the need for an integrative theory

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-209

  Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34748861457     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10478400701512893     Document Type: Note

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