Navigating Personal and Relational Concerns: The Quest for Equilibrium

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-110

  Kumashiro, Madoka ^a   Rusbult, Caryl E ^b   Finkel, Eli J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

equilibrium; needs; romantic relationships; self regulation; well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 47249112261     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.1.94     Document Type: Article

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