Engaging distortions: Are we idealizing marriage?

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-184

  Bonds Raacke, Jennifer M ^b   Bearden, Erica S ^b   Carriere, Noelle J ^b   Anderson, Ellen M ^b   Nicks, Sandra D ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Idealizing marriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0040924123     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980109603689     Document Type: Article

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