Long-term effects between perceived justice in the division of domestic work and women's relationship satisfaction: Testing for moderation effects

Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-65

  Bodi, Otto ^a   Mikula, Gerold ^a   Riederer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Domestic work; Justice; Long term effects; Relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952386928     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000009     Document Type: Article

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