Attachment styles and relationship quality: Actual, perceived, and ideal partner matching

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-36

  Strauss, Cailey ^a,b   Morry, Marian M ^a   Kito, Mie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 84857733710     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01333.x     Document Type: Article

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