Testing the function of attachment hierarchies during emerging adulthood

Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-216

  Pitman, Robyn ^a   Scharfe, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77954190032     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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