"But we've been getting better lately": Comparing prospective and retrospective views of relationship development

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 222-238

  Karney, Benjamin R ^a   Frye, Nancy E ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036479548     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.82.2.222     Document Type: Article

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