Wives' and Husbands' cortisol reactivity to proximal and distal dimensions of couple conflict

Family Process

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 555-569

  Rodriguez, Aubrey J ^a   Margolin, Gayla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Cortisol; Intimate Partner Aggression; Marital Couples

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTIMATE PARTNER AGGRESSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL COUPLES; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CONFLICT; CORTISOL; INTIMATE PARTNER AGGRESSION; MARITAL COUPLES;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AROUSAL; CHILD; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84884202150     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12037     Document Type: Article

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