Predictors of romantic relationship formation: Attachment style, prior relationships, and dating goals

Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-105

  Schindler, Ines ^a   Fagundes, Christopher P ^b   Murdock, Kyle W ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 77950978483     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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