Does the Squeaky Wheel Get the Grease? Negative Expressivity and Partner Responsiveness in Relationships
Feeling that a partner is responsive to one’s needs is crucial to intimacy (Reis, Clark, & Holmes, 2004). Just as the well-known expression, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” suggests that people who voice the most complaints elicit the most support from others, existing theory and research s...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6930 |
