The factor structure of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA): A survey of Italian adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-88

  Pace, Cecilia Serena ^a   San Martini, Pietro ^a   Zavattini, Giulio Cesare ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attachment; Factor structure; Parent; Peer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955632253     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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