Singles, society, and science: Sociological perspectives

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 91-97

  Koropeckyj Cox, Tanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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