Examining the individual within marriage: Personal strengths and relationship satisfaction

Personal Relationships

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-435

  Gordon, Cameron L ^a   Baucom, Donald H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 70349484908     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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