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Social support: Its structure and impact on marital disruption

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  1. Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, Michigan

    Robert A. Caldwell

  2. University of Colorado, Colorado, USA

    Bernard L. Bloom

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This report is based, in part, on work supported by National Institute of Mental Health grant No. MH 26373 (Preventive Intervention for Newly Separated Persons), Bernard L. Bloom and William F. Hodges, co-principal investigators. We are pleased to acknowledge this support.

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Caldwell, R.A., Bloom, B.L. Social support: Its structure and impact on marital disruption. Am J Commun Psychol 10, 647–667 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00893912

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