To know you is to love you: The implications of global adoration and specific accuracy for marital relationships

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 480-497

  Neff, Lisa A ^a   Karney, Benjamin R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Love; Marriage; Relationship cognitions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 14644436971     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.3.480     Document Type: Article

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