Power and psychological well-being in late adolescent romantic relationships

Sex Roles

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 689-710

  Galliher, Renee V ^b   Rostosky, Sharon S ^b   Welsh, Deborah P ^a   Kawaguchi, Myra C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033423757     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018804617443     Document Type: Article

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