Using diary methods to study marital and family processes

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-97

  Laurenceau, Jean Philippe ^a,c   Bolger, Niall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Diary methods; Family processes; Marital processes; Research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; RECORDS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 17244373535     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.19.1.86     Document Type: Article

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