Do attributions mediate the association between attachment and negative couple communication?

Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-170

  Pearce, Zoe J ^a   Halford, W Kim ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 43949095810     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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