Positive marital illusions: Self-enhancement or relationship enhancement?

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 192-208

  Fowers, Blaine J ^b   Lyons, Eileen M ^a   Montel, Kelly H ^c  

^a Children's Psychiatric Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030521759     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.10.2.192     Document Type: Article

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