Coping in relationships: The interplay between individual and dyadic coping and their effects on relationship satisfaction

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 136-153

  Herzberg, Philipp Yorck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actor Partner Interdependence Model; coping; dyadic coping; mediation; mutual influence; relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873692003     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2012.655726     Document Type: Article

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