Bonded or stuck? Effects of personal and constraint commitment on loneliness and stress

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-106

  Burke, Tricia J ^a   Segrin, Chris ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint commitment; Loneliness; Personal commitment; Romantic relationships; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897779423     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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