When accommodation matters: Situational dependency within daily interactions with romantic partners

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-104

  Overall, Nickola C ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Relationship maintenance; Situational dependency; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448945056     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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