Prolonged marital stress is associated with short-lived responses to positive stimuli

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 499-509

  Lapate, Regina C ^a   van Reekum, Carien M ^b   Schaefer, Stacey M ^a   Greischar, Lawrence L ^a   Norris, Catherine J ^c   Bachhuber, David R W ^a   Ryff, Carol D ^d   Davidson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrugator supercilii; Facial electromyography; Marital stress; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899931947     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12203     Document Type: Article

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