Premarital affect as a predictor of postnuptial marital satisfaction

Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 532-546

  Mattson, Richard E ^a   Frame, Laura E ^b   Johnson, Matthew D ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 82855170858     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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