Attachment and culture: Bridging relativism and universalism

Culture and Human Development: The Importance of Cross-Cultural Research for the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 92-112

  Rothbaum, Fred ^a   Morelli, Gilda A ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203015056     Document Type: Chapter

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