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Part IV - The Social Context of Relationship Maintenance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2019

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Brian G. Ogolsky  and
J. Kale Monk
Brian G. Ogolsky
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
J. Kale Monk
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University of Missouri
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Relationship Maintenance
Theory, Process, and Context
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