A comparison of emotional consequences of and changes in equity over time using global and domain-specific measures of equity

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 477-501

  Sprecher, Susan ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Equity measures; Exchange; Premarital relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035610429     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407501184003     Document Type: Article

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