Relationship styles of self-focused autonomy, other-focused connectedness, and mutuality across multiple relationship contexts

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-99

  Neff, Kristin D ^a   Harter, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Connectedness; Power; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038806707     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407503020001189     Document Type: Article

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