Husband alcohol expectancies, drinking, and marital-conflict styles as predictors of severe marital violence among newlywed couples

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-59

  Quigley, Brian M ^a   Leonard, Kenneth E ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SPOUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032990831     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.13.1.49     Document Type: Article

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