Accurate Expression and Validating Responses: A Transactional Model for Understanding Individual and Relationship Distress

Support Processes in Intimate Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fruzzetti, Alan E ^a   Worrall, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accurate expression; Couples; Distress; Emotion regulation; Negative emotion; Transactional model; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920919083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195380170.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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