Push-you-pull-you: The boundaried self in close relationships

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 256-269

  Rempel, John K ^a   Burris, Christopher T ^a  

^a ST JEROME S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Relationships; Self; Threat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

COGNITION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 31644431668     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205280909     Document Type: Article

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