Sunken costs and desired plans: Examining different types of investments in close relationships

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1639-1652

  Goodfriend, Wind ^a   Agnew, Christopher R ^b,c  

^a BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Close relationships; Commitment; Investments; Relationship stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOVE; MALE; PROBABILITY;

COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOVE; MALE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 57249108024     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208323743     Document Type: Article

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