Seeking a Sense of Conviction: Motivated Cognition in Close Relationships

Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 107-126

  Murray, Sandra L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Conceptual level; Divorce; Personality dimensions; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346230663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998557.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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