Friends with benefits relationships as a start to exclusive romantic relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 982-996

  Owen, Jesse ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; casual sex; commitment; friends with benefits; hooking up; relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868113067     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407512448275     Document Type: Article

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