Love, marriage, and divorce: Newlyweds' stress hormones foreshadow relationship changes

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 176-188

  Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^a   Bane, Cynthia ^b   Glaser, Ronald ^b   Malarkey, William B ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DIVORCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOVE; MARRIAGE; NIGHT; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS;

EID: 0037305155     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.71.1.176     Document Type: Article

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