“will it ever end?”: A (re)examination of uncertainty in college student long-distance dating relationships

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-432

  Maguire, Katheryn C ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Distress; Long distance relationships; Relationship satisfaction; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951239994     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370701658002     Document Type: Article

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