So far, so good: Scripts for romantic relationship development as predictors of relational well-being

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 777-796

  Holmberg, Diane ^a   MacKenzie, Samantha ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Couple similarity; Dating couples; Relationship cognition; Relationship scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036928357     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407502196003     Document Type: Article

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