Explaining marital dissolution: The role of spouses' traits

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 464-477

  Zimmer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0035457832     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0038-4941.00036     Document Type: Article

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