Characteristics and consequences of expectation violations in close relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 365-392

  Afifi, Walid A ^a   Metts, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Expectation violations; Relationship change; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032219827     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407598153004     Document Type: Article

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