Sanctification of Marriage and General Religiousness as Buffers of the Effects of Marital Inequity

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1255-1278

  DeMaris, Alfred ^a   Mahoney, Annette ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; equity theory; love; marital satisfaction; religiousness; sanctification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956254569     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10363888     Document Type: Article

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