Expectancies and communication behavior in marriage: Distinguishing proximal-level effects from distal-level effects

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-402

  Sanford, Keith ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Expectancies; Marriage; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038575140     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407503020003007     Document Type: Article

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