"We're not living together": Stayover relationships among college-educated emerging adults

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 536-557

  Jamison, Tyler B ^a   Ganong, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

cohabitation; commitment; emerging adults; grounded theory; part time cohabitation; relationship development; stayovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957798303     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510384897     Document Type: Article

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