Interpersonal Complementarity

Handbook of Interpersonal Psychology: Theory, Research, Assessment, and Therapeutic Interventions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 123-142

  Sadler, Pamela ^a   Ethier, Nicole ^b   Woody, Erik ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dyadic interdependence; Entrainment; Interpersonal complementarity; Mutual adaptation; Mutual influence; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886224188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118001868.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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