A Developmental Survey of Young Children's Attachments to Inanimate Objects
The Journal of Genetic PsychologyPublished 1 June 1979
Richard H. Passman, Jane S. Halonen
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(1979). A Developmental Survey of Young Children's Attachments to Inanimate Objects. The Journal of Genetic Psychology: Vol. 134, No. 2, pp. 165-178.
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