Humor appreciation in marriage: Spousal similarity, assortative mating, and disaffection

Humor

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-78

  Priest, Robert F ^a   Thein, Melinda Taylor ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Homogamy; Humor appreciation; Marital disaffection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041377952     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2003.005     Document Type: Article

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