Women's Education, Marital Violence, and Divorce: A Social Exchange Perspective

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 565-581

  Kreager, Derek A ^a   Felson, Richard B ^a   Warner, Cody ^a   Wenger, Marin R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple violence; Divorce; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescence Health (Add Health); Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878008327     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12018     Document Type: Article

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