Stories we love by: Conceptions of love among couples from the People's Republic of China and the United States

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 446-464

  Jackson, Todd ^a   Chen, Hong ^b   Guo, Cheng ^b   Gao, Xiao ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Culture; Love; Relationship satisfaction; Story

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744802604     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022106288480     Document Type: Review

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