Loving the one you hurt: Positive effects of recounting a transgression against an intimate partner

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-314

  Cameron, Jessica J ^a   Ross, Michael ^a   Holmes, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Improvement; Optimism; Perpetrator; Romantic relationships; Temporal appraisal; Transgression; Victim

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036266991     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.2001.1506     Document Type: Article

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