Integrating automatic processes into theories of relationships

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-112

  McNulty, James K ^a   Olson, Michael A ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 84923217611     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2014.11.013     Document Type: Review

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