Relationship maintenance strategy use by romantic attachment style

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-162

  Edenfield, Jessica L ^a   Adams, Katharine S ^a   Briihl, Deborah S ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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