Willingness to sacrifice in close relationships

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1373-1395

  Van Lange, Paul A M ^a   Drigotas, Stephen M ^b   Rusbult, Caryl E ^c,e   Arriaga, Ximena B ^c,e,f   Witcher, Betty S ^c,e   Cox, Chante L ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0031160364     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.6.1373     Document Type: Article

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