The relationship between dimensions of love, personality, and relationship length

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1181-1190

  Ahmetoglu, Gorkan ^a   Swami, Viren ^b   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Five; Internet survey; Interpersonal relationships; Love; Personality; Relationship length

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 77957748842     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9515-5     Document Type: Article

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