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Research Article

What makes women happy in marriage: an examination of adaptive relationship attribution, marital satisfaction, and well-being in India using PLS-SEM

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Pages 161-175 | Received 31 May 2023, Accepted 06 Nov 2023, Published online: 15 Nov 2023

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