Mental representation and change: Developing attachment relationships in an adoption context

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-40

  Steele, Miriam ^a   Hodges, Jill ^b   Kaniuk, Jeanne ^b   Steele, Howard ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 77954909953     PISSN: 07351690     EISSN: 19409133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07351690903200135     Document Type: Article

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