Ties that bind: Linking personality to interpersonal behavior through the study of adult attachment style and relationship satisfaction

Personality and Social Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 117-148

  Steven Rholes, W ^a   Paetzold, Ramona L ^a   Friedman, Mike ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203838082     Document Type: Chapter

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