Intimacy in Young Adults' Narratives of Romance and Friendship Predicts Eriksonian Generativity: A Mixed Method Analysis

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-617

  Mackinnon, Sean P ^a,b   Nosko, Amanda ^a   Pratt, Michael W ^a   Norris, Joan E ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 79955519542     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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