Spouse-specific dependency scale: Scale development

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-168

  Rathus, Jill H ^a,b   O'Leary, K Daniel ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependency; Gender specific scale; Marital relationship; Spouse specific dependency scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031508251     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022884627567     Document Type: Article

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