Attributions in marriage: State or trait? A growth curve analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 295-309

  Karney, Benjamin R ^b   Bradbury, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF EVALUATION; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034134174     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.2.295     Document Type: Article

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