Marital Quality and Spouses' Marriage Work with Close Friends and Each Other

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 963-977

  Helms, Heather M ^a,b   Crouter, Ann C ^c   McHale, Susan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b 228 Stone Building ^*  (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship; Marital quality; Marriage; Marriage work; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344927171     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00963.x     Document Type: Review

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