The pushes and pulls of close relationships: attachment insecurities and relational ambivalence.

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Published in J Pers Soc Psychol on March 01, 2010

Authors

Mario Mikulincer1, Phillip R Shaver, Naama Bar-On, Tsachi Ein-Dor

Author Affiliations

1: School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, P.O. Box 167, Herzliya 46150, Israel. mario@idc.ac.il

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