What the motivated mind sees: Comparing friends’ perspectives to married partners’ views of each other

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 600-620

  Murray, Sandra L ^a   Holmes, John G ^b   Dolderman, Dan ^b   Griffin, Dale W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0034368116     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1999.1417     Document Type: Article

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