Parenting Stress: The Roles of Attachment States of Mind and Parenting Alliance in the Context of Adoption

Parenting

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 75-91

  Lionetti, Francesca ^a   Pastore, Massimiliano ^b   Barone, Lavinia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 84928951940     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2015.1020142     Document Type: Article

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