Partner selection and relationship satisfaction in early dating couples: The role of couple similarity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-138

  Luo, Shanhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Couple similarity; Demographics; Early relationship development; Interest; Partner selection; Personality; Relationship satisfaction; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349236692     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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