Neighborhood context and financial strain as predictors of marital interaction and marital quality in African American couples

Personal Relationships

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-409

  Cutrona, Carolyn E ^a   Russell, Daniel W ^a   Todd Abraham, W ^a   Gardner, Kelli A ^a   Melby, Janet N ^a   Bryant, Chalandra ^a   Conger, Rand D ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0041917428     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6811.00056     Document Type: Review

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