The social construction of marital commitment

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 318-336

  Ellen Byrd, Stephanie ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Life course; Marriage; Qualitative research; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249087841     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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