A dyadic assessment of how couples indicate their commitment to each other

Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-39

  Weigel, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

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EID: 39749150667     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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