Conflict management style and marital satisfaction

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-334

  Greeff, Abraham P ^a   de Bruyne, Tanya ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033815516     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009262300438724     Document Type: Article

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