The utility of the adult attachment interview in the United States: Effects of ethnicity and age group

Attachment: Expanding the Cultural Connections

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 127-140

  Morgenstern, Amy ^a   Magai, Carol M ^b  

^a Jewish Child Care Association   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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