Attitudes toward marriage: Embeddedness and outcomes in personal relationships

Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-140

  Riggio, Heidi R ^a   Weiser, Dana A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 39749181226     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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