The good and bad of relationships: How social hindrance and social support affect relationship feelings in daily life

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1703-1718

  Rafaeli, Eshkol ^a,d   Cranford, James A ^b   Green, Amie S ^c   Shrout, Patrick E ^c   Bolger, Niall ^d  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily process designs; Relationship feelings; Social hindrance; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 57249112583     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208323742     Document Type: Article

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