Mutual influence and older married adults’ anxiety symptoms: Results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Gerontologist

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 529-539

  Stokes, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyadic data; Emotional contagion; Marital strain; Nonrecursive structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; CODEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85027416589     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv147     Document Type: Article

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