Toward an Understanding of Gender Differences in the Impact of Marital Conflict on Health

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 297-312

  Wanic, Rebekah ^a   Kulik, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Health; Marital conflict; Subordination reactivity hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960980677     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9968-6     Document Type: Article

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