Early development of relationship quality in heterosexual married, heterosexual cohabiting, gay, and lesbian couples.
Developmental PsychologyPublished 1 May 1986
Lawrence A. Kurdek, J. Patrick Schmitt
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Abstract
Comparaison, chez quatre types de couples (heterosexuels maries ou non maries, homosexuels et lesbiennes) se situant a trois etapes possibles de leur developpement dyadique, de cinq dimensions de la qualite relationnelle
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