Relationship outcomes and their predictors: Longitudinal evidence from heterosexual married, gay cohabiting, and lesbian cohabiting couples

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 553-568

  Kurdek, Lawrence A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay couples; Lesbian couples; Relationship dissolution; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040581215     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353528     Document Type: Article

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