Avoidance of Intimacy: An Attachment Perspective

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 147-178

  Bartholomew, Kim ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84970096419     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407590072001     Document Type: Article

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