A General Systems Theory of Marriage: Nonlinear Difference Equation Modeling of Marital Interaction

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 326-340

  Gottman, John ^a   Swanson, Catherine ^a   Swanson, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0036439757     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327957PSPR0604_07     Document Type: Review

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