Attitudes Towards Continuing Bonds, Attachment Vulnerability, and the Moderating Effects of Gender

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-270

  Sochos, Antigonos ^a   Bone, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859481010     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: 15325032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2011.616834     Document Type: Article

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