Do negative interactions mediate the effects of negative emotionality, communal positive emotionality, and constraint on relationship satisfaction?

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-573

  Donnellan, M Brent ^a   Assad, Kimberly K ^a   Robins, Richard W ^b   Conger, Rand D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidimensional personality questionnaire; Personality traits; Relationship satisfaction; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547526643     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407507079249     Document Type: Article

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