Making of romantic attachment bonds: Longitudinal trajectories and implications for relationship stability

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 723-742

  Fagundes, Christopher P ^a   Schindler, Ines ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84870720234     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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