Assessment of adult attachment across cultures: Conceptual and methodological considerations

Attachment: Expanding the Cultural Connections

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 89-108

  Shaver, Phillip R ^a   Mikulincer, Mario ^b   Alonso Arbiol, Itziar ^c   Lavy, Shiri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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