Before they said "I do": Discriminating among marital outcomes over 13 years

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 613-626

  Clements, Mari L ^a   Stanley, Scott M ^b   Markman, Howard J ^b  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Longitudinal; Marital distress; Marital interaction; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344682540     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00041.x     Document Type: Review

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