Interpersonal emotional behaviors and physical health: A 20-year longitudinal study of long-term married couples

Emotion

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 965-977

  Haase, Claudia M ^a   Holley, Sarah R ^b   Bloch, Lian ^c   Verstaen, Alice ^d   Levenson, Robert W ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal emotional behavior; Marriage; Physical health; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEAR; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUSBAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; SADNESS; STONEWALLING BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; WIFE; EMOTION; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84969228162     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0040239     Document Type: Article

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