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Part VI - Interactive Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2018

Anita L. Vangelisti
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University of Texas, Austin
Daniel Perlman
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University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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Booth, A., Crouter, A. C., Clements, M. L., & Boone-Holladay, T. (eds.) (2016). Couples in conflict: Classic edition. New York, NY: Routledge.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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