Husbands' and wives' marital quality: The role of adult attachment orientations, depressive symptoms, and conflict resolution behaviors

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-112

  Marchand, Jennifer F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment orientations; Conflict resolution behaviors; Depressive symptoms; Marital satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSES;

EID: 1542376116     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730310001659575     Document Type: Article

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