The Power of Love: Mediation of Rejection in Roommate Relationships of Dependents and Self-Critics

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-105

  Mongrain, Myriam ^a   Lubbers, Ralph ^b   Struthers, Ward ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circumplex; Dependency; Depression; Rejection; Self criticism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0346991619     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203258861     Document Type: Article

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