Father-child attachment relationship: A review of the literature;La relazione d'attaccamento padre-bambino: Una rassegna della letteratura

Giornale Italiano di Psicologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-188

  Di Folco, Simona ^a   Zavattini, Giulio Cesare ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment; Father; Intergenerational transmission; Play; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906306459     PISSN: 03905349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1421/77211     Document Type: Review

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