Acceptance and need for approval as moderators of self-esteem and satisfaction with a romantic relationship or closest friendship

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 495-505

  Cramer, Duncan ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Consistency theory; Need for approval; Relationship satisfaction; Self esteem; Self esteem theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242509146     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980309600631     Document Type: Article

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