Predictors of marital adjustment during the first two years

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 113-130

  Quinn, William H ^a   Odell, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032360724     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v27n01_08     Document Type: Article

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