Marital functioning and depressive symptoms: Evidence for a stress generation model

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 849-861

  Davila, Joanne ^a   Bradbury, Thomas N ^a   Cohan, Catherine L ^b   Tochluk, Shelly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031255370     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.4.849     Document Type: Article

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