Gendered conflict, identity disruption, and marital instability: Expanding Gottman's model

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-27

  Pasley, Kay ^a   Kerpelman, Jennifer ^b   Guilbert, Douglas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Board of Certified Counselors   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Marital instability; Marital interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035530712     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407501181001     Document Type: Article

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