Attachment anxiety, verbal immediacy, and blood pressure: Results from a laboratory analog study following marital separation

Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-301

  Lee, Lauren A ^a   Sbarra, David A ^a   Mason, Ashley E ^a   Law, Rita W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 79956088968     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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