Learning from the past, altering the future: A tentative theory of the effect of past relationships on couples who remarry

Family Process

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-387

  Brimhall, Andrew ^a   Wampler, Karen ^a   Kimball, Thomas ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple relationship; Divorce; Grounded theory; Remarriage; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME; TRUST;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME FACTORS; TRUST;

EID: 51349160511     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2008.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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