Stress, communication, and marital quality in couples

Family Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-206

  Ledermann, Thomas ^a   Bodenmann, Guy ^b   Rudaz, Myriam ^a   Bradbury, Thomas N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

APIM; CFM; Communication; Marital quality; Mediation; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954132250     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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