Adult Romantic Relationships as Contexts of Human Development: A Multimethod Comparison of Same-Sex Couples With Opposite-Sex Dating, Engaged, and Married Dyads

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-101

  Roisman, Glenn I ^a   Clausell, Eric ^a   Holland, Ashley ^a   Fortuna, Keren ^a   Elieff, Chryle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

dating couples; engaged couples; married couples; observational study; same sex couples

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; EMOTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE; COURTSHIP; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 38549158120     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.91     Document Type: Article

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