Support Provision in Marriage: The Role of Emotional Similarity and Empathic Accuracy

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 792-802

  Verhofstadt, Lesley L ^a   Buysse, Ann ^a   Ickes, William ^b   Davis, Mark ^c   Devoldre, Inge ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

emotional similarity; empathic accuracy; marriage; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249120808     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013976     Document Type: Article

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