The Relationship Between Marital Characteristics, Marital Interaction Processes, and Marital Satisfaction

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-68

  Rosen Grandon, Jane R ^a,d   Myers, Jane E ^b   Hattie, John A ^c  

^a Associates Inc   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Rosen Grandon Associates   (United States)

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EID: 1542607339     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2004.tb00286.x     Document Type: Review

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