Disentangling value similarities and transmissions in established marriages: A cross-lagged longitudinal study

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1132-1146

  Roest, Annette M C ^a   Dubas, Judith Semon ^b   Gerris, Jan R M ^a   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hedonism; Self determination; Social criticism; Spousal value similarity; Spousal value transmission; Traditional family values

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750968785     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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