Preliminary development and validation of a measure of relationship authenticity

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-371

  Lopez, Frederick G ^a   Rice, Kenneth G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Honesty; Interpersonal relationships; Intimacy; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHENTICITY IN RELATIONSHIPS SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33746746397     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.53.3.362     Document Type: Article

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