Marital Quality and Health: Implications for Marriage in the 21st Century

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 427-432

  Robles, Theodore F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

close relationships; gender; health; marital quality; marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919421107     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414549043     Document Type: Article

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