Attraction and Interpersonal Relationships

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 339-362

  Orbuch, Terri L ^a   Sprecher, Susan ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment Style; Interpersonal Relationship; Personal Relationship; Relationship Quality; Romantic Relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125906017     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-36921-X_14     Document Type: Chapter

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