What's love got to do with it? Why some marriages succeed and others fail

Personal Relationships

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-327

  Huston, Ted L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 70349492188     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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