The interplay of couple's shared time, women's intimacy, and intradyadic stress

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 831-842

  Milek, Anne ^a   Butler, Emily A ^b   Bodenmann, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily diary; Intimacy; Intradyadic stress; Multilevel modeling; Quality time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84949729768     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: 19391293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/fam0000133     Document Type: Article

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