Agape love in couple relationships

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 29-48

  Lin, Li Wen ^a   Huddleston Casas, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Genders; Love styles; Relationship satisfaction; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644466146     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v37n04_03     Document Type: Article

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