Dyadic Processes in Early Marriage: Attributions, Behavior, and Marital Quality

Family Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-434

  Durtschi, Jared A ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^a   Cui, Ming ^a   Lorenz, Frederick O ^b   Conger, Rand D ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Behavior; Marital quality; Mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052408216     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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