Marital Quality and Spouses' Marriage Work with Close Friends and Each Other.

Helms, Heather M.; Crouter, Ann C.; McHale, Susan M.

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ERIC Number: EJ679426

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Marital Quality and Spouses' Marriage Work with Close Friends and Each Other.

Helms, Heather M.; Crouter, Ann C.; McHale, Susan M.

Journal of Marriage and Family, v65 n4 p963-77 Nov 2003

Explores how husbands' and wives' marriage work with close friends and one another was linked to their perceptions of marital quality. Results showed that husbands engaged in more marriage work with their wives than with close friends, whereas wives engaged in similar levels of marriage work with their close friends and husbands. (Contains 58 references, 3 tables, and 1 appendix.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage, Spouses

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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