Marital quality and diabetes: Results from the health and retirement study

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 832-840

  Whisman, Mark A ^a   Li, Angela ^a   Sbarra, David A ^b   Raison, Charles L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Health; Marital adjustment; Marital quality; Marital satisfaction; Spouse

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905021368     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000064     Document Type: Article

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