Burning the Candle at Both Ends: Extramarital Sex as a Precursor of Marital Disruption

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1474-1499

  DeMaris, Alfred ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox regression; extramarital sex; longitudinal study; marital disruption; marital quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884564577     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12470833     Document Type: Article

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