Does Working at Your Marriage Help? Couple Relationship Self-Regulation and Satisfaction in the First 4 Years of Marriage

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-194

  Halford, W Kim ^a   Lizzio, Alf ^a   Wilson, Keithia L ^a   Occhipinti, Stefano ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

longitudinal; marital satisfaction; marriage; relationship self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34548394625     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.2.185     Document Type: Article

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