Dimensionality of the Kansas family strengths scale and the Kansas marital satisfaction scale as revised to capture changes in marital satisfaction

Psychological Reports

Volumn 93, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1267-1274

  Akagi, Cynthia G ^a,c   Schumm, Walter R ^b   Bergen, M Betsy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HSES Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1442303177     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.93.3f.1267     Document Type: Article

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