Longitudinal patterns of negative relationship quality across adulthood

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-64

  Birditt, Kira S ^a   Jackey, Lisa M H ^a   Antonucci, Toni C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Negative; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE;

EID: 61549119121     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn031     Document Type: Article

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