The timing of divorce: Predicting when a couple will divorce over a 14-year period

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 737-745

  Gottman, John Mordechai ^b   Levenson, Robert Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical periods for marriage; Divorce; Marital dissatisfaction; Predictors of marriage; Timing of divorce

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034238237     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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