The dilemma of repartnering: Considerations of older men and women entering new intimate relationships in later life

Intimacy in Later Life

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 85-103

  Gierveld, Jenny de Jong ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84908954327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203788240-5     Document Type: Chapter

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