Depression, relationship quality, and couples' demand/withdraw and demand/submit sequential interactions

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 264-279

  Knobloch Fedders, Lynne M ^a   Critchfield, Kenneth L ^b,c   Boisson, Tania ^d   Woods, Naomi ^e   Bitman, Rachel ^f   Durbin, C Emily ^g  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Demand Withdraw; Depression; Relationship quality; Sequential analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898813104     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035241     Document Type: Article

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