Endorsement of interpersonal strategies for dealing with hypothetical everyday arthritis problems as a function of marital status, gender, and problem severity

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-59

  Strough, Jonell ^a   McFall, Joseph ^a   Schuller, Kelly ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77949281274     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.70.1.b     Document Type: Article

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