On-again/off-again dating relationships: What keeps partners coming back?

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-440

  Dailey, René M ^a   Jin, Borae ^b   Pfiester, Abigail ^c   Beck, Gary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dating relationships; on again off again relationships; relational stability; relationship renewals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957947762     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2010.503249     Document Type: Article

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