A New Look at Marital Quality: Can Spouses Feel Positive and Negative about Their Marriage?

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-502

  Fincham, Frank D ^a   Linfield, Kenneth J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0031312949     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.11.4.489-502     Document Type: Article

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