Understanding general and specific connections between psychopathology and marital distress: A model based approach

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 935-947

  South, Susan C ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^b   Iacono, William G ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing; Internalizing; Marital distress; Psychopathology; SEM

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; PHOBIA; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEMPERAMENT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82855179402     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025417     Document Type: Article

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