Pet dogs as attachment figures

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-266

  Kurdek, Lawrence A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Pet dogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549116859     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407507087958     Document Type: Article

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