Adult attachment and marital satisfaction: Evidence for dyadic configuration effects

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-282

  Banse, Rainer ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Dyadix effects; Marital satisfaction; Married couples

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442599322     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504041388     Document Type: Article

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