Expressing Gratitude to a Partner Leads to More Relationship Maintenance Behavior

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-60

  Lambert, Nathaniel M ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appreciation; Gratitude; Positive partner preception; Relationship maintenance; Voicing relationship concerns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPRECIATION; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRATITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE; SELF CONCEPT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952855767     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021557     Document Type: Article

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