Commitment and relationship maintenance mechanisms

Close Relationships: Key Readings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 345-365

  Rusbult, Caryl E ^a   Olsen, Nils ^a   Davis, Jody L ^a   Hannon, Peggy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203311851     Document Type: Chapter

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