Married couples' conflict responses and marital quality

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 517-534

  Ridley, Carl A ^a   Wilhelm, Mari S ^a   Surra, Catherine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict response; Marital conflict; Marital quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035601613     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407501184005     Document Type: Article

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