Charting changes in commitment: Trajectories of on-again/off-again relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1020-1044

  Dailey, René M ^a   Brody, Nicholas ^a   LeFebvre, Leah ^a   Crook, Brittani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakups; commitment; on again off again relationships; relational stability; relational trajectories; relational transitions; renewals; turning points

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886424527     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407513480284     Document Type: Article

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