Moderators of the Link Between Marital Hostility and Change in Spouses' Depressive Symptoms

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 540-550

  Proulx, Christine M ^a   Buehler, Cheryl ^b   Helms, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; life events; marital hostility; marital warmth; marriage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 68949212917     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015448     Document Type: Article

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