Intimacy goals and strategies of conflict resolution in dating relationships: A mediational analysis

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 317-337

  Sanderson, Catherine A ^a   Karetsky, Kim H ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Intimacy goals; Relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036089817     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407502193002     Document Type: Article

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