Research concerning distress in couples co** with cancer was integrated using meta-
analysis and narrative critical appraisal. Individual levels of distress were determined more …

Research on adjustment to chronic disease is critical in today's world, in which people are
living longer lives, but lives are increasingly likely to be characterized by one or more …

The authors examined associations between marital quality and both general life
satisfaction and experienced (momentary) well‐being among older husbands and wives, the …

A very special debt of gratitude is owed to George C. Myers, former director of the Center for
Demographic Studies at Duke University, who passed away in 2000. Not only did Dr. Myers …

Noted for its fair and equal coverage of men and women, Psychology of Gender reviews the
research and issues surrounding gender from multiple perspectives, including psychology …

The chapter addresses the stigma associated with mental illnesses. It begins by
summarizing the development of thinking about labeling and stigma over the past half …

With chapters written by leading scholars and researchers, the third edition of A Handbook
for the Study of Mental Health provides an updated, comprehensive review of the sociology …

Objectives. To document short-and long-term trajectories of depressive symptoms following
widowhood and to test whether these trajectories vary by gender and anticipatory spousal …

Psychological distress has been considered a key component in the psychosocial
functioning and functional disability of the elderly, but the determining factors of social …

Some of the earliest and most well-known sociological studies showed that marriage was
beneficial to mental health, marriage benefited the mental health of men more than women …