Appraisals of spouse affiliation and control during marital conflict: Common and specific cognitive correlates among facets of negative affectivity

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-198

  Traupman, Emily K ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Florsheim, Paul ^a   Berg, Cynthia A ^a   Uchino, Bert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Appraisal bias; Depression; Hostility; Interpersonal circumplex; Marital interaction; Negative affectivity; Structural analysis of social behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER BIAS; PERCEPTION; SPOUSE;

EID: 79959690284     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-010-9339-6     Document Type: Article

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