Decision-making power, autonomy, and communication in remarried spouses compared with first-married spouses

Family Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 326-334

  Allen, Elizabeth Sandin ^b   Baucom, Donald H ^a,b   Burnett, Charles K ^c   Epstein, Norman ^d   Rankin Esquer, Lynn A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Communication; Decision making power; Remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035602234     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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