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The Bowlby-Ainsworth attachment theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

John Bowlby
John Bowlby
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The Tavistock Clinic, London, N.W.3. 5BA
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1979 , pp. 637 - 638
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