Objective ratings of relationship skills across multiple domains as predictors of marital satisfaction trajectories

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-466

  Lawrence, Erika ^a,i   Pederson, Ashley ^b   Bunde, Mali ^c   Barry, Robin A ^a   Brock, Rebecca L ^a   Fazio, Emily ^d   Mulryan, Lorin ^e   Hunt, Sara ^f   Madsen, Lisa ^g   Dzankovic, Sandra ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Cigna   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^e University of Loyola   (United States)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Dyadic skills; Growth curve analyses; Marital satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149103461     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407508090868     Document Type: Article

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