Intimacy, Differentiation, and Personality Variables as Predictors of Marital Satisfaction

The Family Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-367

  Patrick, Shawn ^a,b,c   Sells, James N ^a,b,c   Giordano, Fran G ^a,b,c   Tollerud, Toni R ^a,b,c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intimacy; marital satisfaction; predicting marital satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548537285     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480707303754     Document Type: Article

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