Avoidance motivation and relationship commitment in heterosexual, gay male, and lesbian partners

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 291-306

  Kurdek, Lawrence A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547327242     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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