Making plans: Praxis strategies for negotiating uncertainty-certainty in long-distance relationships

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-165

  Sahlstein, Erin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 33744927383     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310600710042     Document Type: Review

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