Commitment in friends with benefits relationships: Implications for relational and safe-sex outcomes

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Vanderdrift, Laura E ^a   Lehmiller, Justin J ^b   Kelly, Janice R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

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EID: 84857725634     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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