Marriage and mental health among young adults

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-83

  Uecker, Jeremy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

age at first marriage; life course; marriage; mental health; transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857772688     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146511419206     Document Type: Article

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