Marital satisfaction and break-ups differ across on-line and off-line meeting venues

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 10135-10140

  Cacioppo, John T ^a   Cacioppo, Stephanie ^a   Gonzaga, Gian C ^b   Ogburn, Elizabeth L ^c   Vanderweele, Tyler J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Gestalt Research   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyads; Marital outcomes; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPOUSE;

DYADS; MARITAL OUTCOMES; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879311792     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222447110     Document Type: Article

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