Romantic Jealousy and Relationship Satisfaction: The Costs of Rumination

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-304

  Elphinston, Rachel A ^a   Feeney, Judith A ^b   Noller, Patricia ^b   Connor, Jason P ^b   Fitzgerald, Jennifer ^b  

^a The University of Queensland ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Jealousy; Romantic Relationships; Rumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876027949     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2013.770161     Document Type: Article

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