Prospective associations between marital adjustment and life satisfaction

Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 728-739

  Be, Daniel ^a   Whisman, Mark A ^a   Uebelacker, Lisa A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84889085728     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pere.12011     Document Type: Article

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