Attachment and the investment model: Predictors of relationship commitment, maintenance, and persistence

Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 546-567

  Etcheverry, Paul E ^a   Le, Benjamin ^b   Wu, Tsui Feng ^c   Wei, Meifen ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

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EID: 84883447555     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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