Dyadic perfectionism in romantic relationships: Predicting relationship satisfaction and longterm commitment

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-305

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Couples; Discrepancy; Dyadic data analysis; High standards; Intimate relationships; Other oriented perfectionism; Socially prescribed perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861663242     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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