Direct and indirect pathways between adult attachment style and marital satisfaction

Personal Relationships

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-172

  Meyers, Steven A ^a   Landsberger, Sarah A ^b  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0036277992     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6811.00010     Document Type: Article

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