Relationship-focused humor styles and relationship satisfaction in dating couples: A repeated-measures design

Humor

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-247

  Caird, Sara ^a   Martin, Rod A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dating relationships; Humor styles; Multilevel modeling; Relationship persistence; Relationship satisfaction; Repeated measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904202307     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humor-2014-0015     Document Type: Review

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