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4 - Leveraging Power in Intimate Partner Relationships

A Power Basis Perspective

from Part I - Power in Close Relationships: Theoretical Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2019

By
Judy Y. Tan ,
Felicia Pratto ,
Amy A. Conroy  and
I-Ching Lee
Edited by
Christopher R. Agnew  and
Jennifer J. Harman
Christopher R. Agnew
Affiliation:
Purdue University, Indiana
Jennifer J. Harman
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
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Power in Close Relationships , pp. 72 - 85
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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