"This is not where I belong!" The emotional, ongoing, and collective aspects of couples' decision making about where to live

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Adams, Jacqueline ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19444386874     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.35.3.459     Document Type: Article

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