Older adults with diabetes and osteoarthritis and their spouses: Effects of activity limitations, marital happiness, and social contacts on partners' daily mood

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 460-474

  Roper, Susanne Olsen ^a   Yorgason, Jeremy B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving of the elderly; Marital quality; Mood; Multiple chronic illnesses; Social support networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349332957     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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