The treatment of relationship status in research on dating and mate selection

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 207-221

  Surra, Catherine A ^a   Boettcher Burke, Tyfany M J ^a   Cottle, Nathan R ^b   West, Adam R ^a   Gray, Christine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dating; Family structure; Marital status; Marriage and close relationships; Mate selection; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846424215     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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