Desire for change in one's partner as a predictor of the demand/withdraw pattern of marital communication

Communication Monographs

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-89

  Caughlin, John P ^a   Vangelisti, Anita L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand Withdraw Patterns; Marital Communication; Marital Conflict; Sender Differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039844370     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637759909376463     Document Type: Article

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