Money doesn't buy happiness, but it helps: Marital satisfaction, psychological distress, and demographic differences between low- and middle-income clinic couples

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-311

  Dakin, John ^a   Wampler, Richard ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 47649095629     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: 15210383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926180701647512     Document Type: Article

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