Dating and mate selection

Handbook of Marriage and the Family: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 211-232

  Surra, Catherine A ^a   Boelter, Jill M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3987-5_10     Document Type: Chapter

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