Forms of communication: A cross-cultural comparison of older married couples in the USA and Japan

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-80

  Ingersoll Dayton, Berit ^a   Campbell, Ruth ^a   Mattson, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Children's Health Care Minneapolis   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Couples; Gender; Japan; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247413916     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006541026175     Document Type: Article

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