Marital satisfaction predicts weight gain in early marriage

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 824-827

  Meltzer, Andrea L ^a   Novak, Sarah A ^b   McNulty, James K ^c   Butler, Emily A ^d   Karney, Benjamin R ^e  

^a Department of Psychology   (United Kingdom)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Divorce; Marital satisfaction; Marriage; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATING; MOTIVATION; SPOUSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84882596355     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031593     Document Type: Article

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