Steps toward the ripening of relationship science

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-23

  Reis, Harry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 34247381997     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2006.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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