Relative contributions of treatment-related changes in communication skills and dyadic coping skills to the longitudinal course of marriage in the framework of marital distress prevention

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Bodenmann, Guy ^a   Bradbury, Thomas N ^b   Pihet, Sandrine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communication; Distress; Dyadic coping; Marriage; Prevention; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749107603     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10502550802365391     Document Type: Article

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