Stress, sex, and satisfaction in marriage

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 551-569

  Bodenmann, Guy ^a   Ledermann, Thomas ^a   Bradbury, Thomas N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 36349004660     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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