Correlates of depression and marital dissatisfaction: Perceptions of marital communication style

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 757-769

  Uebelacker, Lisa A ^a,b   Courtnage, Emily S ^a   Whisman, Mark A ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Depression; Marital satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346937260     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407503206003     Document Type: Article

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