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Attachment as a motivational construct: I've seen these patterns before …

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Commentary onLambMichael E., ThompsonRoss A., GardnerWilliam P., CharnovEric L., and EstesDavid (1984) Security of infantile attachment as assessed in the “strange situation”: Its study and biological interpretation. BBS 7:127–71.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Martin E. Ford
Martin E. Ford
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School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 94305
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , September 1986 , pp. 556 - 558
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