Marital quality and physical illness: A latent growth curve analysis

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-155

  Wickrama, K A S ^a   Lorenz, Frederick O ^a   Conger, Rand D ^a   Elder Jr , Glen H ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital quality; Physical illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039860834     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353668     Document Type: Article

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