Contributions of attachment theory and research: A framework for future research, translation, and policy

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4 PART 2, 2013, Pages 1415-1434

  Cassidy, Jude ^a   Jones, Jason D ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH;

CHILD; CULTURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84891382447     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000692     Document Type: Article

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