Assessing nontraditional couples: Validity of the marital satisfaction inventory - Revised with gay, lesbian, and cohabiting heterosexual couples

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-83

  Means Christensen, Adrienne J ^a   Snyder, Douglas K ^b   Negy, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037646570     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb00384.x     Document Type: Article

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