Personal, family and social functioning among older couples concordant and discordant for high-risk alcohol consumption

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-334

  Moos, Rudolf H ^a   Schutte, Kathleen K ^a   Brennan, Penny L ^a   Moos, Bernice S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Husband wife concordance; Older couples

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPOUSES;

EID: 78650818824     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03115.x     Document Type: Article

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