Reliability and validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale in a sample of African-American husbands and wives

Psychological Reports

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 255-258

  Green, Robert G ^a   Woody, Debra ^b   Maxwell, Susan ^b   Mercer, Rachel ^b   Williams, Susette ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345771595     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.82.1.255     Document Type: Article

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