"together, we are strong": A qualitative study of happy, enduring African American marriages

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-185

  Marks, Loren D ^a   Hopkins, Katrina ^a   Chaney, Cassandra ^a   Monroe, Pamela A ^a   Nesteruk, Olena ^b   Sasser, Diane D ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; Marriage; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549101438     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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