Externalizing Psychopathology and Marital Adjustment in Long-Term Marriages: Results From a Large Combined Sample of Married Couples

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-162

  Humbad, Mikhila N ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^a   Iacono, William G ^b   Burt, S Alexandra ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

externalizing; marital adjustment; personality; psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPATHY;

EID: 77249111812     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017981     Document Type: Article

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