Husband-Wife Helping-Relationships: The “Mental Hygiene” Function in Marriage
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 40 (3) , 911-925
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1977.40.3.911
Abstract
This study examined the relationships between several correlates and consequences of the husband-wife helping-relationship. 189 husband-wife pairs provided information about several aspects of their: experienced stress, their informal helping-relationship, and their satisfactions and well-being. Effective husband-wife helping-relationships were signficantly related to the quality of life of the marital partners.Keywords
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