Negative Life Events, Marital Interaction, and the Longitudinal Course of Newlywed Marriage

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-128

  Cohan, Catherine L ^b   Bradbury, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; ANGER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 0031179709     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.1.114     Document Type: Article

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