Attachment styles and the evaluation of comforting responses: A receiver perspective

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-153

  Lemieux, Robert ^a   Tighe, M Rachel ^b  

^a MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 79952292268     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090409359976     Document Type: Article

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