Attitudes Toward Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 213-222

  Lampman, Claudia ^a   Dowling Guyer, Seana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

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EID: 84973040603     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: 15324834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.1995.9646140     Document Type: Article

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