Examining congruence between partners' perceived infertility-related stress and its relationship to marital adjustment and depression in infertile couples

Family Process

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-70

  Peterson, Brennan D ^a   Newton, Christopher R ^b   Rosen, Karen H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0242380655     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2003.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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