Memory and Depressive Symptoms Are Dynamically Linked Among Married Couples: Longitudinal Evidence From the AHEAD Study

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1595-1610

  Gerstorf, Denis ^a   Hoppmann, Christiane A ^b   Kadlec, Kelly M ^c   McArdle, John J ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dyad; dynamic modeling; growth curve modeling; spouses; successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPOUSES;

EID: 72149114641     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016346     Document Type: Article

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