Perceived similarity and understanding in dyadic coping among young and mature couples

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-419

  Iafrate, Raffaella ^a   Bertoni, Anna ^a   Donato, Silvia ^a   Finkenauer, Catrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84865863111     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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