Interdependence in Close Relationships

Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 357-387

  Rusbult, Caryl E ^a   Arriaga, Ximena B ^b   Agnew, Christopher R ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral tendencies; Interdependence; Interdependence theory; Interpersonal analysis; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956801724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998557.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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