How couples maintain marriages: A closer look at self and spouse influences upon the use of maintenance behaviors in marriages

Family Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-269

  Weigel, Daniel J ^a   Ballard Reisch, Deborah S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Interdependence; Love; Maintenance behaviors; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040032767     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585635     Document Type: Article

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