Cognitive interdependence: Commitment and the mental representation of close relationships

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 939-954

  Agnew, Christopher R ^a,d   Rusbult, Caryl E ^c   Van Lange, Paul A M ^b   Langston, Christopher A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18144419404     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.4.939     Document Type: Article

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