A Latent Variable Analysis of Couple Closeness, Attributions, and Relational Satisfaction

The Family Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-374

  Cropley, Carrie J ^a,b   Reid, Scott A ^a,b  

^a Santa Barbara City College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attributions; couple closeness; interdependence; relational satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249103328     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480708322806     Document Type: Article

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