Self-disclosure and marital satisfaction in mid-life and late-life remarriages

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-172

  Bograd, Ruth ^a   Spilka, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SATISFACTION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029899049     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/W87M-WCK7-MHTT-N34F     Document Type: Article

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