Work Stress and Marriage: A Theoretical Model Examining the Relationship between Workaholism and Marital Cohesion

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-175

  Robinson, Bryan E ^a   Flowers, Claudia ^a   Carroll, Jane ^a  

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

Author keywords

Marital cohesion; Marital relationship; Structural equation modeling; Work related stress; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035597743     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009533415030     Document Type: Article

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