Marital commitment, money and marriage preparation: What changes after the wedding?

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-403

  Burgoyne, Carole Bourne ^a   Reibstein, Janet ^a   Edmunds, Anne Mary ^a   Routh, David Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Marriage; Money; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650474255     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1045     Document Type: Article

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