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9 - Power in Close Intimate Relationships

from Part II - Power in Close Relationships: Interpersonal Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2019

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James J. Kim ,
Mariko L. Visserman  and
Emily A. Impett
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Jennifer J. Harman
Christopher R. Agnew
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Purdue University, Indiana
Jennifer J. Harman
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Colorado State University
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Power in Close Relationships , pp. 192 - 224
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