Parental divorce and adult children's attachment representations and marital status

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-101

  Crowell, Judith A ^a   Treboux, Dominique ^a   Brockmeyer, Susan ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Divorce; Parental divorce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 59849118682     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802500867     Document Type: Article

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