Spousal Relationship Quality and Cardiovascular Risk: Dyadic Perceptions of Relationship Ambivalence Are Associated With Coronary-Artery Calcification

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1037-1042

  Uchino, Bert N ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Berg, Cynthia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

actor partner models; ambivalence; cardiovascular disease; health; relationship quality; relationships; social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84897534163     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613520015     Document Type: Article

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