Marriage, impairment, and acceptance in persons with multiple sclerosis

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 266-285

  Harrison, Tracie ^a   Stuifbergen, Alexa ^a   Adachi, Eishi ^a   Becker, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Disability; Gender; Marital concern; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142769846     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945903260188     Document Type: Review

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