On the limits of generalizability: Applying resource exchange theory to gay relationship processes

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-102

  Gaines Jr , Stanley O ^a   Henderson, Michael C ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communal and exchange relationships; Gay relationships; Socioemotional support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 13844250528     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v48n01_04     Document Type: Article

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