Prorelationship Maintenance Behaviors: The Joint Roles of Attachment and Commitment

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 685-698

  Tran, SiSi ^a   Simpson, Jeffry A ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

accommodation; attachment; commitment; interpersonal; relationships

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 72049095050     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016418     Document Type: Article

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