Attachment matters: Patterns of romantic attachment across gender, geography, and cultural forms

Social Relationships: Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 75-97

  Schmitt, David P ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203888124     Document Type: Chapter

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