Relationships beliefs and relationship quality across cultures: Country as a moderator of dysfunctional beliefs and relationship quality in three former Communist societies

Personal Relationships

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-279

  Goodwin, Robin ^a   Gaines Jr , Stanley O ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4444313214     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2004.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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