The impact of adult attachment on partner and self-attributions and relationship quality

Personal Relationships

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-371

  Sümer, Nebi ^a   Cozzarelli, Catherine ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4444299371     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2004.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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