Explicit thoughts of security activate implicit self-doubt in anxiously attached participants

Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 206-224

  Peterson, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84902085361     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pere.12027     Document Type: Article

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