Spouses' gender-typed attributes and their links with marital quality: A pattern analytic approach

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 843-864

  Helms, Heather M ^a,d   Proulx, Christine M ^a   Klute, Mary Maguire ^b   McHale, Susan M ^c   Crouter, Ann C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d 248 Stone Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Gender typing; Marital quality; Marriage; Personal social attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751584785     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407506068266     Document Type: Article

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