Breaking up is (relatively) easy to do: A script for the dissolution of close relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 829-845

  Battaglia, Dina M ^a   Richard, Francis D ^b   Datteri, Darcee L ^b   Lord, Charles G ^b  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Relationship dissolution; Romantic relationships; Scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032330206     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407598156007     Document Type: Article

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