Predicting marital satisfaction: Social absorption and individuation versus attachment anxiety and avoidance

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-208

  Charania, Mahnaz R ^a,b   Ickes, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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EID: 34547259222     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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