After "I Do": The newly wed transition

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-67

  Schramm, David G ^a   Marshall, James P ^b   Harris, V William ^c   Lee, Thomas R ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital adjustment; Marital satisfaction; Newlyweds; Premarital education; Problems; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645752788     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v38n01_05     Document Type: Article

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