Inattentive and Contented: Relationship Commitment and Attention to Alternatives

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• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  1997-10-01

• Fields of study

  Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.73.4.758
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