Pick me up: Ego depletion and receptivity to relationship initiation

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1071-1084

  Lewandowski, Gary W ^a   Ciarocco, Natalie J ^a   Pettenato, Michelle ^a   Stephan, Jessica ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dating; impression formation; interpersonal relationships; relationship initiation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870926391     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407512449401     Document Type: Article

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