Internal consistency, reliability, and concurrent validity of the kansas marital satisfaction scale and the quality marriage index

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-50

  Calahan, Charles A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0345876152     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.49     Document Type: Article

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