Divorce and health: Current trends and future directions

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 227-236

  Sbarra, David A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

divorce; health; marital separation; relationships; resilience; stress

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; EMOTIONALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOMATICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL REJECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DIVORCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84927635778     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000168     Document Type: Review

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