Age, Marital Satisfaction, and Optimism as Predictors of Positive Sentiment Override in Middle-Aged and Older Married Couples

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 719-727

  Story, T Nathan ^a   Berg, Cynthia A ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Beveridge, Ryan ^a   Henry, Nancy J M ^a   Pearce, Gale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; couples; marital interaction; sentiment override

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIMISM; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38649130968     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.4.719     Document Type: Article

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