Romantic Relationships Conceptualized as a Judgment and Decision-Making Domain

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 461-465

  Joel, Samantha ^a   MacDonald, Geoff ^a   Plaks, Jason E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

belonging; close relationships; judgment and decision making; romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889638224     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413498892     Document Type: Article

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