Romantic relationship transitions and changes in health among rural, white young adults

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 832-842

  Barr, Ashley B ^a   Sutton, Tara E ^b   Simons, Leslie Gordon ^b   Wickrama, K A S ^c   Lorenz, Frederick O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent transition analysis; Mental health; Physical health; Romantic relationships; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IOWA; JUVENILE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IOWA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989284345     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: 19391293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/fam0000207     Document Type: Article

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