Assessments of disclosure from the in-laws: Links among disclosure topics, family privacy orientations, and relational quality

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-357

  Morr Serewicz, Mary Claire ^a   Canary, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Family; In law relationships; Marriage; Newlyweds; Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549104633     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407507087962     Document Type: Article

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