Predicting husbands' and wives' retirement satisfaction from the emotional qualities of marital interaction

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-354

  Kupperbusch, Cenita ^a   Levenson, Robert W ^a   Ebling, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Long term marriage; Marital interaction; Retirement satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037560889     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407503020003004     Document Type: Article

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