Problem-Solving Variability in Older Spouses: How Is It Linked to Problem-, Person-, and Couple-Characteristics?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 525-531

  Hoppmann, Christiane A ^a   Blanchard Fields, Fredda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Everyday problem solving; Intraindividual variability; Time sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYNAMICS; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEUROSIS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPOUSE; STRESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES;

EID: 80052899973     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024114     Document Type: Article

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