Spouse health status, depressed affect, and resilience in mid and late life: A longitudinal study

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1241-1249

  Bookwala, Jamila ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Mastery; Mid and late life; Resilience; Self esteem; Spousal illness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897959333     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035124     Document Type: Article

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