Pleasure and pain in doing well, together: An investigation of performance-related affect in close relationships

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 923-938

  Beach, Steven R H ^a   Tesser, Abraham ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^b   Jones, Deborah J ^a   Johnson, Debra ^a   Whitaker, Daniel J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032043855     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.4.923     Document Type: Article

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