Attachment styles, conflict styles and humour styles: Interrelationships and associations with relationship satisfaction

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-146

  Cann, Arnie ^a   Norman, M Ashley ^a   Welbourne, Jennifer L ^a   Calhoun, Lawrence G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Close relationships; Conflict styles; Humour styles; Relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349113891     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.666     Document Type: Article

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