Individual differences in men's and women's warmth and disclosure differentially moderate couples' reciprocity in conversational disclosure

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-297

  Webster, Gregory D ^a   Brunell, Amy B ^b   Pilkington, Constance J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation; Disclosure; Gender differences; Multilevel modeling; Reciprocity; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149136187     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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