How and why marriages change over time: Shifting patterns of companionship and partnership

Continuity and Change in Family Relations: Theory, Methods and Empirical Findings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 145-180

  Smith, Shanna E ^a   Huston, Ted L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410609878     Document Type: Chapter

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