Romantic passion as output from a self-regulating, intimacy-seeking system: A model for understanding passionate love

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 655-675

  Troy, Adam B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CONTROL;

AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 22944482179     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.96.3.655-675     Document Type: Review

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