Understanding Betrayals in Marriage: A Synthesized Model of Forgiveness

Family Process

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-449

  Gordon, Kristina Coop ^a,b   Baucom, Donald H ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina ^*  (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0032233586     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1998.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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