Relational maintenance as including the other in the self

Qualitative Research Reports in Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-28

  Ledbetter, Andrew M ^a   Stassen, Heather ^b   Muhammad, Azhanni ^c   Kotey, Ephraim N ^d  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity theory; Inclusion of the other in self; Relational maintenance; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009968173     PISSN: 17459435     EISSN: 17459443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17459430903413457     Document Type: Article

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