Assessing Arabic couples: An evidence-based approach

Family Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-33

  Balderrama Durbin, Christina ^a   Snyder, Douglas K ^a   Semmar, Yassir ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Arabic; Assessment; Marital discord; Marital satisfaction; Middle Eastern; Muslim

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052009140     PISSN: 19424620     EISSN: 19424639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2011.600586     Document Type: Article

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