Stress in childhood and adulthood: Effects on marital quality over time

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1332-1347

  Umberson, Debra ^a,c   Williams, Kristi ^b   Powers, Daniel A ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Needham, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood stress; Cumulative disadvantage; Life course; Marital quality; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745295448     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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