Establishing criterion scores for the kansas marital satisfaction scale and the revised dyadic adjustment scale

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-60

  Russell Crane, D ^a   Middleton, Kenneth C ^a   Bean, Roy A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003406421     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: 15210383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019261800261815     Document Type: Article

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