The dyadic adjustment Scale: A reliability generalization meta-analysis

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 701-717

  Graham, James M ^a   Liu, Yenling J ^b   Jeziorski, Jennifer L ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGOSY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Meta analysis; Quality; Relationship adjustment; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745771088     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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