Do ideal partner preferences predict divorce? a tale of two metrics

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 667-674

  Eastwick, Paul W ^a   Neff, Lisa A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

divorce; ideal partner preferences; person perception; relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867694401     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611435941     Document Type: Article

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