My funny valentine: How humor styles affect romantic interest

Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 374-390

  Didonato, Theresa E ^a   Bedminster, Mellisha C ^a   Machel, Joanna J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84878790763     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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