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Associations of Stressful Life Events and Marital Quality

Psychological Reports · 1995 · 37 citations · 15 references

Concepts

Quality Of LifeFamily MedicineIntimate RelationshipStressful Life EventsMarital QualitySocial StressMental HealthPersonal RelationshipMedicineCouple TherapyMarriagePsychologyHealth Sciences

Abstract

This is an exploration of whether stressful life events were related to 200 couples' marital quality after four or five years of marriage. Implications for measuring influence of stressful life events on marital quality are discussed.

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