Attachment style and willingness to compromise when choosing a mate

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-272

  Tolmacz, Rami ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Compromise; Mate selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442540376     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504041387     Document Type: Article

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