The continuance and spillover of everyday tensions in distressed and nondistressed families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 304-321

  Margolin, Gayla ^b   Christensen, Andrew ^a   John, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030509644     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.10.3.304     Document Type: Article

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