Does Partner Responsiveness Predict Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-being? A 10-Year Longitudinal Study

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 311-325

  Selcuk, Emre ^a   Gunaydin, Gul ^b   Ong, Anthony D ^c   Almeida, David M ^d  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Life span development; Marital quality; Marriage; Relationships; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959497095     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12272     Document Type: Article

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