Being known, intimate, and valued: Global self-verification and dyadic adjustment in couples and roommates

Journal of Personality

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-58

  Katz, Jennifer ^a   Joiner Jr , Thomas E ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COURTSHIP; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0040077751     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00177     Document Type: Article

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