Desperate housewives? Communication difficulties and the dynamics of marital (un)happiness

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 532, 2008, Pages 1640-1669

  Thompson, Peter ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DIVORCE; MARRIAGE;

EID: 52749087983     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02184.x     Document Type: Article

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