Family rituals in married couples: Links with attachment, relationship quality, and closeness

Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-203

  Crespo, Carla ^a,d   Davide, Isabel N ^a   Costa, M Emilia ^b   Fletcher, Garth J O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 43949130108     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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