You can't always get what you want, but can you get what you need? Personality traits and social support in marriage

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1051-1076

  Dehle, Crystal ^a,b   Landers, John E ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 1227 Departmment of Psychology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 29144464786     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: 07367236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2005.24.7.1051     Document Type: Article

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