When Distance is Problematic: Communication, Coping, and Relational Satisfaction in Female College Students' Long-Distance Dating Relationships

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-46

  Maguire, Katheryn C ^a   Kinney, Terry A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Long Distance Dating Relationships; Relational Satisfaction; Relationship Maintenance; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951214672     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880903483573     Document Type: Article

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