Protective processes underlying the links between marital quality and physical health

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2017, Pages 148-152

  Slatcher, Richard B ^a   Schoebi, Dominik ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84992028294     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.09.002     Document Type: Review

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