God Attachment, Mother Attachment, and Father Attachment in Early and Middle Adolescence

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-278

  Sim, Tick Ngee ^a   Yow, Amanda Shixian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attachment; Father; God; Mother

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027931965     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9342-y     Document Type: Article

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