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At some point in life, almost all human beings experience some form of committed couple relationship as a primary interpersonal affiliation. Accordingly, almost all societies sanction some form of marriage as a pivotal social institution, the axis of family as conceived in that culture, and the foundation of its communal organization. Moreover, an archetypal ideal of marriage whereby two individuals become one creative unity is manifest in the mythology and literature of almost all civilizations, carrying intense expectations for fulfillment of numerous needs, desires, and wishes.
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Wyatt, P.K. (1999). Conceiving Couple Commitment. In: Adams, J.M., Jones, W.H. (eds) Handbook of Interpersonal Commitment and Relationship Stability. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4773-0_3
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