Getting over you: Contributions of attachment theory for postbreakup emotional adjustment

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-50

  Fagundes, Christopher P ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84857709215     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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