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Will Owen, an ambitious graduate student from New York City, be successful in courting Paula, a summer farm worker from rural Pennsylvania? And, if they should marry each other, how well will they get along together? Questions such as these are the stuff of soap operas. They are also likely to concern each of us in our everyday lives.
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Levinger, G., Rands, M. (1985). Compatibility in Marriage and Other Close Relationships. In: Ickes, W. (eds) Compatible and Incompatible Relationships. Springer Series in Social Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5044-9_14
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