Marital meaning: Exploring young adults' belief systems about marriage

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1437-1458

  Hall, Scott S ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Marital beliefs; Marital meaning; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747759069     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06290036     Document Type: Article

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