Social support and marital satisfaction among couples coping with chronic constructive airway disease

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-142

  Unger, Donald G ^a   Jacobs, Sharon B ^b   Cannon, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Marital satisfaction; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030306177     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407596131007     Document Type: Article

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