Religiosity and marital stability among Black American and White American couples

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-197

  Brown, Edna ^a   Orbuch, Terri L ^b,c   Bauermeister, Jose A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Marital stability; Race; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549111987     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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