Attachment avoidance and commitment aversion: A script for relationship failure

Personal Relationships

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-97

  Birnie, Carolyn ^a   McClure, M Joy ^a   Lydon, John E ^a   Holmberg, Diane ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 63849113870     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01211.x     Document Type: Article

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