Maybe I Do: Interpersonal Commitment and Premarital or Nonmarital Cohabitation

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 496-519

  Stanley, Scott M ^a   Whitton, Sarah W ^a   Markman, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Commitment; Negative interaction; Religiosity; Violent interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442515289     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03257797     Document Type: Review

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