Patterns of change in marital satisfaction over the newlywed years

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1171-1187

  Lavner, Justin A ^a   Bradbury, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Divorce; Gender; Longitudinal; Marital satisfaction; Marriage and close relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957245884     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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