The construction of risk in relationships: The role of framing in decisions about intimate relationships

Personal Relationships

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-306

  Boon, Susan D ^a,d   Griffin, Dale W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0030496924     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1996.tb00118.x     Document Type: Article

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