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| Divorce | 1 |
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| Journal of Marriage and the… | 1 |
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| Booth, Alan | 1 |
| Edwards, John N. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBooth, Alan; Edwards, John N. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1985
Examines the age-at-marriage/marital instability relationship in a national sample (N=1,715). Results suggested that the relationship could be largely explained by inadequate role performance, though the specific inadequacies in performance differed somewhat for the early and later marrieds. (NRB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Divorce, Marital Instability, Marriage
