Don't go to bed angry: Attachment, conflict, and affective and physiological reactivity

Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-284

  Hicks, Angela M ^a   Diamond, Lisa M ^b  

^a Westminster College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 79956138616     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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