A dyadic examination of daily health symptoms and emotional well-being in late-life couples

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 613-624

  Yorgason, Jeremy B ^a   Almeida, David ^b   Neupert, Shevaun D ^c   Spiro III, Avron ^d,e   Hoffman, Lesa ^f  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Daily diary; Dyads; Health; Longitudinal; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751371499     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00430.x     Document Type: Review

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