For better or for worse: Real-ideal discrepancies and the marital well-being of newlyweds

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-242

  Ruvolo, Ann P ^a   Veroff, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ideals; Marital well being; Real ideal discrepancies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031531291     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407597142005     Document Type: Article

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