Love in the fourth dimension

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-25

  Berscheid, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Companionate love; Compassionate love; Interpersonal relationships; Romantic love; Temporal course

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ADULT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77449104099     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100318     Document Type: Article

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