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Original Articles

Attachment and loss in the context of US immigration: caregiver separation and characteristics of internal working models of attachment in high school students

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Pages 474-489 | Received 28 Dec 2018, Accepted 03 Sep 2019, Published online: 18 Sep 2019

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