Couples' concurrent cognitions: The influence of relational satisfaction on the thoughts couples have as they converse

Human Communication Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 370-398

  Vangelisti, Anita L ^b   Corbin, Susan D ^b   Lucchetti, Anne E ^c   Sprague, Rhonda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033099669     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.1999.tb00450.x     Document Type: Article

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