Attachment style of foster carers and caregiving role performance

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-148

  Caltabiano, Marie L ^a   Thorpe, Rosamund ^a  

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EID: 51249149116     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575270701201201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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