This is my partner, and this is my ... partner's partner: Constructing a polyamorous identity in a monogamous world

Journal of Constructivist Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-88

  Barker, Meg ^a,b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27844610785     PISSN: 10720537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720530590523107     Document Type: Review

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