The nature and correlates of deterrents to leaving a relationship

Personal Relationships

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 521-535

  Kurdek, Lawrence A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845802460     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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