Marital quality and health: A meta-analytic review

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 140-187

  Robles, Theodore F ^a   Slatcher, Richard B ^b   Trombello, Joseph M ^a   McGinn, Meghan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Marital quality; Marriage; Meta analysis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84890930324     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031859     Document Type: Article

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