The unacknowledged role of emotion in theories of close relationships: How do theories feel?

Communication Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-99

  Planalp, Sally ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0042287829     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2003.tb00283.x     Document Type: Article

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