Setting the clock forward or back? Covenant marriage and the "divorce revolution"

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-120

  Sanchez, Laura ^a   Nock, Steven L ^b   Wright, James D ^c   Gager, Constance T ^d  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0036229414     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X02023001005     Document Type: Article

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