Marital dissolution and major depression in midlife: A propensity score analysis

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-257

  Sbarra, David A ^a   Emery, Robert E ^b   Beam, Christopher R ^b   Ocker, Bailey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Major depression; Marital separation; Marital status; Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS); Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901272223     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702613498727     Document Type: Article

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