Origins of modern ideas on love and loss: Contrasting forerunners of attachment theory

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-39

  Stroebe, Margaret S ^a,b   Archer, John ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bereavement; Grief; Historical origins; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881260463     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030030     Document Type: Article

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