Positive illusions about a partner's personality and relationship quality

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-43

  Barelds, Dick P H ^a   Dijkstra, Pieternel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Personality; Positive illusions; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751532681     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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