Marital estrangement, positive feelings toward partners, and locus of control: Female counselors married to alcohol-abusing and non-alcohol-abusing spouses

Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-40

  Carroll, Jane J ^a   Robinson, Bryan E ^a   Flowers, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 85006611133     PISSN: 10553835     EISSN: 21611874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2002.tb00168.x     Document Type: Article

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