Individual Differences

Part IV - Individual Differences

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2018

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Anita L. Vangelisti and

Daniel Perlman

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Anita L. Vangelisti: Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
Daniel Perlman: Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro

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Information: The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships , pp. 161 - 210

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