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Original Articles

Gender Differences in the Relationships between Parental Marital Conflict, Differentiation from the Family of Origin, and Children’s Marital Stability

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Pages 546-561 | Received 27 Nov 2019, Accepted 23 Mar 2020, Published online: 01 Apr 2020

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