Marital Conflict Management: Gender and Ethnic Differences

Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-141

  Mackey, Richard A ^a   O'Brien, Bernard A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Ethnicity; Gender; Marital conflict; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001650873     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/43.2.128     Document Type: Article

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