Social Networks and Marital Stability Among Black American and White American Couples

Support Processes in Intimate Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brown, Edna ^a   Orbuch, Terri L ^b,c   Maharaj, Artie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Family relations; Marriage; Race; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864116166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195380170.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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