Alcohol-related problems, anger, and marital satisfaction in monoethnic Latino, biethnic Latino, and European American newlywed couples

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-275

  Johns, Alexis L ^a,d   Newcomb, Michael D ^a   Johnson, Matthew D ^b   Bradbury, Thomas N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anger; Ethnicity; Latino; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147105412     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407507075413     Document Type: Article

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