Dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction: A meta-analysis

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-46

  Falconier, Mariana K ^a   Jackson, Jeffrey B ^a   Hilpert, Peter ^b   Bodenmann, Guy ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Couple; Dyadic coping; Meta analysis; Relationship satisfaction; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYADIC COPING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STRESS; THINKING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84940056783     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.07.002     Document Type: Review

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