Personality and Temperament Correlates of Marital Satisfaction

Journal of Personality

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-125

  Blum, Jeffrey S ^a   Mehrabian, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033477161     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00049     Document Type: Article

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