Couples' Support Provision During Illness: The Role of Perceived Emotional Responsiveness

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-217

  Fekete, Erin M ^a   Stephens, Mary Ann Parris ^a   Mickelson, Kristin D ^a   Druley, Jennifer Ann ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic illness; depression; emotional responsiveness; emotional support; marital satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WELLBEING;

EID: 34548827079     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.25.2.204     Document Type: Article

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