Adult attachment insecurities are related to obsessive compulsive phenomena

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1022-1049

  Doron, Guy ^b   Moulding, Richard ^a   Kyrios, Michael ^a   Nedeljkovic, Maja ^a   Mikulincer, Mario ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 70350464727     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2009.28.8.1022     Document Type: Article

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