Let’s Get Serious: Communicating Commitment in Romantic Relationship Formation

• Main Authors: ACKERMAN, Joshua M., GRISKEVICIUS, Vladas, LI, Norman P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: bias; evolution; love; romantic relationships; signaling; economics; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1125; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2381/viewcontent/AckermanGriskeviciusLi2011.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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