How are we doing? The impact of motives and information use on the evaluation of romantic relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-52

  Wayment, Heidi A ^a   Campbell, Susan ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation motives; Personal standards; Relationship evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034424567     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407500171002     Document Type: Article

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