Premarital predictors of remarital quality: Implications for clinicians

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 9-23

  Falke, Stephanie I ^a   Larson, Jeffry H ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital quality; Premarital predictors; Remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249910586     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-007-9024-4     Document Type: Review

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