Opposites fit: Regulatory focus complementarity and relationship well-being

Social Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Bohns, Vanessa K ^a   Lucas, Gale M ^b   Molden, Daniel C ^c   Finkel, Eli J ^c   Coolsen, Michael K ^d   Kumashiro, Madoka ^e   Rusbult, Caryl E ^f   Higgins, E Tory ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84877027565     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2013.31.1.1     Document Type: Review

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