Consequences of relationship status and quality for subjective well-being

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 607-627

  Dush, Claire M Kamp ^a   Amato, Paul R ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Dating; Marriage; Relationship happiness; Relationship status; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644496162     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407505056438     Document Type: Article

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