Willingness to Express Emotions to Caregiving Spouses

Emotion

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-106

  Monin, Joan K ^a   Martire, Lynn M ^a   Schulz, Richard ^a   Clark, Margaret S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; emotion expression; gender differences; interpersonal relationships

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS; VOLITION;

EID: 60749127284     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013732     Document Type: Article

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