Two-Wave Dyadic Analysis of Marital Quality and Loneliness in Later Life: Results From the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Research on Aging

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 635-656

  Stokes, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

dyadic relationships; emotional contagion; loneliness; longitudinal analysis; marriage

Indexed keywords

AGING; HUMAN; IRELAND; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MODEL; PERCEPTION; RESIDENT; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SPOUSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85019262089     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027515624224     Document Type: Article

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