Assessing individual differences in working models of caregiving: The construction and validation of the mental representation of caregiving scale

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 227-239

  Reizer, Abira ^a   Mikulincer, Mario ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Caregiving; Mental representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950204876     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.28.4.227     Document Type: Article

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