Attachment styles in dating couples: Predicting relationship functioning over time

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-246

  Holland, Ashley S ^a   Fraley, R Chris ^b   Roisman, Glenn I ^b  

^a EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84861481306     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01350.x     Document Type: Article

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