Reduced self-expansion in current romance and interest in relationship alternatives

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-373

  VanderDrift, Laura E ^a   Lewandowski Jr , Gary W ^b   Agnew, Christopher R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternatives; motivational bias; perceptual bias; self expansion; susceptibility to infidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955432105     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510382321     Document Type: Article

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