Assessing the accuracy of predictions about dating relationships: How and why do lovers' predictions differ from those made by observers?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1417-1429

  MacDonald, Tara K ^a   Ross, Michael ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033414178     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167299259007     Document Type: Article

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