Marital Satisfaction in Couples with an Alcoholic Husband

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-162

  Dethier, Marie ^a   Counerotte, Christelle ^a   Blairy, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Communication; Marital satisfaction; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751580245     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-010-9355-z     Document Type: Article

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