People with Higher Relationship Satisfaction Use More Humor, Valuing, and Receptive Listening to Regulate Their Partners' Emotions

Overview

Journal Curr Psychol

Publisher Springer

Specialty Psychology

Date 2023 Jun 26

PMID 37359582

Authors

Sarah A Walker

Rebecca T Pinkus

Sally Olderbak

Carolyn MacCann

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-023-04432-4.

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