"Date nights" take two: The maintenance function of shared relationship activities

Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-149

  Girme, Yuthika U ^a   Overall, Nickola C ^a   Faingataa, Sivailele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84896544041     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pere.12020     Document Type: Article

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