When couples disconnect: Rumination and withdrawal as maladaptive responses to everyday stress

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 460-469

  King, David B ^a   DeLongis, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Interpersonal withdrawal; Marital tension; Occupational stress; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84905459156     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037160     Document Type: Article

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