Invariance of adult attachment across gender, age, culture, and socioeconomic status?

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-208

  van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Evolution; Gender; Intercultural inter racial; Language; Love; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949879674     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407509360908     Document Type: Article

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