Positive and Negative Characteristics of Marital Interaction and Their Association With Marital Satisfaction in Middle-Aged and Older Couples

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 428-441

  Henry, Nancy J M ^a   Berg, Cynthia A ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Florsheim, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

couples and aging; long term marriage; marital interaction; marital satisfaction and aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SPOUSES; UTAH;

EID: 34948870906     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.3.428     Document Type: Article

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