Jealousy and Relational Satisfaction: Actor Effects, Partner Effects, and the Mediating Role of Destructive Communicative Responses to Jealousy

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 586-611

  Guerrero, Laura K ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Communicative Responses To Jealousy; Jealousy; Relational Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905676063     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2014.935468     Document Type: Article

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