His and her marriage? the role of positive and negative marital characteristics in global marital satisfaction among older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 579-589

  Boerner, Kathrin ^a   Jopp, Daniela S ^b   Carr, Deborah ^c   Sosinsky, Laura ^b   Kim, Se Kang ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Marital quality; Marital satisfaction; Marriage

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARITAL QUALITY; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE.; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

GENDER DIFFERENCES; MARITAL QUALITY; MARITAL SATISFACTION; MARRIAGE.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 84902201679     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu032     Document Type: Review

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