When Harry and Sally met Dick and Jane: Creating closeness between couples

Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-297

  Slatcher, Richard B ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 77954169289     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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