The Initiator Style Questionnaire: A scale to assess initiator tendency in couples

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-268

  Denton, Wayne H ^a,c,d   Burleson, Brant R ^b  

^a University of Texas Southwestern   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 34547246072     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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