A longitudinal study of marital problems and subsequent divorce

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 612-624

  Amato, Paul R ^a   Rogers, Stacy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Gender; Longitudinal studies; Marital problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040600451     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353949     Document Type: Article

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