Positive and negative emotions and coping as mediators of mother-child attachment and peer relationships

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 399-425

  Abraham, Michelle M ^a   Kerns, Kathryn A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888107223     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: 15350266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.2013.0023     Document Type: Article

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