Maintaining close relationships: Gratitude as a motivator and a detector of maintenance behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1362-1375

  Kubacka, Kaska E ^a   Finkenauer, Catrin ^a   Rusbult, Caryl E ^a   Keijsers, Loes ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

close relationships; emotion in relationships; relationship cognition; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES;

EID: 80052296283     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211412196     Document Type: Article

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