Marital quality and personal well-being: A meta-analysis

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 576-593

  Proulx, Christine M ^a   Helms, Heather M ^b   Buehler, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Marital quality; Meta analysis; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547305541     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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