Social dominance in romantic relationships: A prospective longitudinal study of non-verbal processes

Social Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 580-595

  Ostrov, Jamie M ^a,c   Collins, W Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Longitudinal; Observation; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548063482     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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