Spousal Interrelations in Happiness in the Seattle Longitudinal Study: Considerable Similarities in Levels and Change Over Time

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Hoppmann, Christiane A ^a   Gerstorf, Denis ^b   Willis, Sherry L ^c   Schaie, K Warner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Growth curve modeling; Spousal dyads; Successful aging; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551540954     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020788     Document Type: Article

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