Commitment and satisfaction in romantic associations: A test of the investment model

1980/03/01 by Caryl E Rusbult, Caryl E. Rusbult · 1,949 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Customer Service Quality and Loyalty #Economics #Function (biology) #Investment (military) #Mathematics #Microeconomics #Outcome (game theory) #Positive relationship #Psychology #Psychology of Social Influence #Social psychology #Statistics #Test (biology) #Value (mathematics)

paper · doi:10.1016/0022-1031(80)90007-4

published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 16(2), 172-186 (Elsevier BV)

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