The impact of marital status and quality on family functioning in maternal chronic illness.
The impact of marital status and quality on family functioning in maternal chronic illness.
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婚姻状况和质量对孕产妇慢性病家庭功能的影响。
DOI：
10.1080/07399339509516197
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发表时间：
1995
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Woods,NF
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文献类型：
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作者：
Yates,BC;Bensley,LS;Lalonde,B;Lewis,FM;Woods,NF
Married individuals tend to enjoy greater health and well‐being than nonmarried. However, investigators disagree about whether this is related to the quality of the marriage or to participation in the socially accepted role of marriage. In the present study, we examined the roles of marital quality and marital status as predictors of the family's adjustment processes in the context of maternal chronic illness. We found that the family functioning of single women and unhappily married women was similar and that happily married women enjoyed higher levels of family functioning and family coping. Unhappily married women reported more illness demands, particularly on their time and energy, than did happily married or single women. We suggest it is the quality of the marital interaction, and not the role benefits of marriage, that facilitates family adjustment under conditions of maternal chronic illness.
