The influence of goodwill, secure attachment, and positively toned disengagement strategy on reports of communication satisfaction in non-marital post-dissolution relationships

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-183

  Lambert, Andrea N ^a   Hughes, Patrick C ^a  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment Style; Communication Satisfaction; Disengagement; Relationship Dissolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959655652     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824091003738123     Document Type: Article

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