Transactional relations between marital functioning and depressive symptoms

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-138

  Kouros, Chrystyna D ^a   Mark Cummings, E ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples therapy; Depression; Latent difference score models; Marital conflict; Marital satisfaction; Married couples

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM;

DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPOUSES;

EID: 78650987061     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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