Assortative mating among adult children of alcoholics and alcoholics

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-71

  Olmsted, Maureen E ^a   Crowell, Judith A ^b   Waters, Everett ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult children; Alcoholism; Marital relations; Marriage; Mating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037253364     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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