The Premarital Communication Roots of Marital Distress and Divorce: The First Five Years of Marriage

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Markman, Howard J ^a   Rhoades, Galena K ^a   Stanley, Scott M ^a   Ragan, Erica P ^a   Whitton, Sarah W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; divorce; marital distress; marriage; prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME; ETIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; DIVORCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953690562     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019481     Document Type: Article

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