Matches and Mismatches: Partners, Perfectionism, and Premarital Adjustment

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-132

  Ashby, Jeffrey S ^a   Rice, Kenneth G ^b   Kutchins, Carolyn B ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

couples; perfectionism; perfectionists; premarital

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649141211     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.1.125     Document Type: Article

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