Family strength and satisfaction as functions of family communication environments

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-186

  Schrodt, Paul ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict Avoidance; Family Expressiveness; Family Satisfaction; Family Strengths; Schemas; Structural Traditionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649556667     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370902881650     Document Type: Article

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