Comparing equity and self-expansion theory approaches to relational maintenance

Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-51

  Ledbetter, Andrew M ^a,b   Stassen Ferrara, Heather M ^a,c   Dowd, Megan M ^a,d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84874730310     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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