Cause or consequence?: Exploring causal links between attachment and depression

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1048-1064

  Scharfe, Elaine ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 36448938727     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2007.26.9.1048     Document Type: Article

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