Romantic partners' individual coping strategies and dyadic coping: Implications for relationship functioning

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-559

  Papp, Lauren M ^a   Witt, Nicole L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor partner interdependence models; Dyadic coping; Relationship functioning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049419046     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020836     Document Type: Article

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