The effects of romantic partners' goal congruence on affective well-being

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-559

  Gere, Judith ^a   Schimmack, Ulrich ^a   Pinkus, Rebecca T ^b   Lockwood, Penelope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective well being; Closeness; Goal congruence; Goal pursuit; Romantic relationships; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455154527     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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