The role of husbands' and wives' emotional expressivity in the marital relationship

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 577-587

  Rauer, Amy J ^a   Volling, Brenda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional expressivity; Gender; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744446989     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-3726-6     Document Type: Review

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