Should I Stay or should I go? Predicting dating relationship stability from four aspects of commitment

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-550

  Rhoades, Galena K ^a   Stanley, Scott M ^a   Markman, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Constraint; Dating; Investment; Relationship adjustment; Unmarried

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049446265     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021008     Document Type: Article

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