Marital quality and physiological arousal: How do i love thee? Let my heartbeat count the ways

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-130

  Menchaca, Diana ^a   Dehle, Crystal ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Marital quality; Marriage; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 16844377498     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926180590915897     Document Type: Article

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