Parental Divorce: Effects on Individual Behavior and Longevity

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 381-391

  Tucker, Joan S ^e   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a   Tomlinson Keasey, Carol ^b   Martin, Leslie R ^f   Friedman, Howard S ^c   Criqui, Michael H ^d   Wingard, Deborah L ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIVORCE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 0031204493     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.2.381     Document Type: Article

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