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Attachment & Human Development Volume 8, 2006 - Issue 3: Script-like Attachment Representations and Behavior in Families and Across Cultures
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Narrative assessment of attachment representations: Links between secure base scripts and adolescent attachment

Matthew J. Dykas University of Maryland, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Susan S. Woodhouse Pennsylvania State University, USA
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Jude Cassidy University of Maryland, USA
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Harriet S. Waters State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Pages 221-240 | Published online: 02 Feb 2007

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