Stress resilience in early marriage: Can practice make perfect?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1050-1067

  Neff, Lisa A ^a   Broady, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Relationship satisfaction; Resilience; Spillover; Stress; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82755183811     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023809     Document Type: Article

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