Attachment and resilience: Implications for children in care

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-330

  Atwool, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85010276292     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575270600863226     Document Type: Article

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