Role strain in couples with and without a child with a chronic illness: Associations with marital satisfaction, intimacy, and daily mood

Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 112-124

  Quittner, Alexandra L ^a   Opipari, Lisa C ^c   Espelage, Dorothy L ^b   Carter, Bryan ^d   Eid, Nemr ^d   Eigen, Howard ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Diary data; Marital role strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031805038     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.17.2.112     Document Type: Article

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