Romantic Relationship Termination 191findings have implications both for understanding basic relationship processes and
for applications such as therapy. Postdissolution friendship should continue to be
examined by researchers across the social sciences to provide a greater understand-
ing of a type of relationship in which few social scripts and norms currently exist.
Note
- After the first author, the authorship order was determined alphabetically.
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