Roles and influence in marriages: Both spouses’ perceptions contribute to marital commitment

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-92

  Weigel, Daniel J ^a   Bennett, Kymberley K ^b   Ballard Reisch, Deborah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Dyadic analysis; Influence; Marriage; Roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249154226     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X06289423     Document Type: Article

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