Beyond enmeshment: Evidence for the independence of intrusiveness and closeness-caregiving in married couples

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 459-471

  Werner, Paul D ^b   Green, Robert Jay ^b   Greenberg, Joseph ^e   Browne, Timothy L ^c   McKenna, Tricia E ^a,d  

^a WRIGHT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d 1200 Eubank Blvd NE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035487201     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2001.tb00340.x     Document Type: Article

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