Religious Commitment, Adult Attachment, and Marital Adjustment in Newly Married Couples

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-309

  Lopez, Jamie L ^a   Riggs, Shelley A ^a   Pollard, Sara E ^a   Hook, Joshua N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Compensation; Marital adjustment; Religiosity; Religious commitment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955033062     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022943     Document Type: Article

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