Partner support and marital satisfaction: Support amount, adequacy, provision, and solicitation

Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-463

  Lawrence, Erika ^a   Bunde, Mali ^b   Barry, Robin A ^a   Brock, Rebecca L ^a   Sullivan, Kieran T ^c   Pasch, Lauri A ^d   White, Grace A ^a   Dowd, Christina E ^a   Adams, Erin E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Cigna   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 57349177859     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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