Attachment and Parental Divorce: A Test of the Diffusion and Sensitive Period Hypotheses

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1199-1213

  Fraley, R Chris ^a   Heffernan, Marie E ^a  

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

Author keywords

adult attachment; attachment styles; close relationships; parental divorce; sensitive periods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881221392     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213491503     Document Type: Article

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