Relating at a distance: Negotiating being together and being apart in long-distance relationships

By E. Sahlstein. 2004

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Idealization, reunions, and stability in long-distance dating relationships (2007, background): “Felmlee, Sprecher, and Bassin (1990) claim that premarital relational stability occurs at the individual, dyadic, and social network levels.”
Making it last: Combating hedonic adaptation in romantic relationships (2013, unknown): “They may be preoccupied with thoughts about their partner during the periods just before and just after seeing each other in person, because the visit allows them to anticipate the reunion and then to relive and savor their experiences afterwards (Sahlstein, 2004).”
Relational Maintenance during Military Deployment: Perspectives of Wives of Deployed US Soldiers (2010, methodology): “…of the specific maintenance forms within these categories are consistent with those identified in existing studies (e.g., Dindia & Baxter, 1987; Sahlstein, 2004, 2006a; Stafford & Canary, 1991), the typology of maintenance in this study appears to be among the most extensive situated…”