Mother-child attachment, emotion regulation, and anxiety symptoms in middle childhood

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 569-585

  Brumariu, Laura E ^a,b   Kerns, Kathryn A ^a   Seibert, Ashley ^a,c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865865089     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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