Why aren't indices of relationship costs always negatively related to indices of relationship quality?

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-17

  Clark, Margaret S ^a   Grote, Nancy K ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21944439225     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327957pspr0201_1     Document Type: Article

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