Maintenance behaviors, expectations for maintenance, and satisfaction: Linking comparison levels to relational maintenance strategies

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 827-842

  Dainton, Marianne ^a  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034550175     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407500176007     Document Type: Article

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