Commitment, pro-relationship behavior, and trust in close relationships

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 942-966

  Wieselquist, Jennifer ^a,b   Rusbult, Caryl E ^a,b   Foster, Craig A ^a,b   Agnew, Christopher R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; COURTSHIP; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0033227382     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.5.942     Document Type: Article

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