The importance of seeing what is not there: A quasi-signal detection analysis of positive and negative behavior in newlywed couples

Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 615-633

  Finkenauer, Catrin ^a   Wijngaards De Meij, Leoniek ^b   Reis, Harry T ^c   Rusbult, Caryl E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 78649789532     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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