Implications of marital/partner relationship quality and perceived stress for blood pressure among older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-198

  Birditt, Kira S ^a   Newton, Nicky ^b   Hope, Susannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular health; Marriage; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELATIONSHIP QUALITY.; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH; MARRIAGE; RELATIONSHIP QUALITY.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894268321     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs123     Document Type: Article

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