Marital power, marital adjustment, and therapy outcome

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 292-303

  Gray Little, Bernadette ^a,b   Baucom, Donald H ^a,b   Hamby, Sherry L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c CB#3270 ^*

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EID: 0030490718     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.10.3.292     Document Type: Article

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