Spouses

"Spouses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Married persons, i.e., husbands and wives, or partners. Domestic partners, or spousal equivalents, are two adults who have chosen to share their lives in an intimate and committed relationship, reside together, and share a mutual obligation of support for the basic necessities of life.

Descriptor ID	D018454
MeSH Number(s)	F01.829.263.500.660 I01.880.853.150.500.670 M01.816
Concept/Terms	Spouses Spouses Spouse Married Persons Married Person Person, Married Persons, Married Husbands Husbands Husband Domestic Partners Domestic Partners Domestic Partner Partner, Domestic Partners, Domestic Spousal Notification Spousal Notification Notification, Spousal Wives Wives Wife

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Spouses".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Psychology, Social [F01.829]
Family [F01.829.263]
Nuclear Family [F01.829.263.500]
Spouses [F01.829.263.500.660]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Family [I01.880.853.150]
Nuclear Family [I01.880.853.150.500]
Spouses [I01.880.853.150.500.670]
Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Spouses [M01.816]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Spouses" by people in this website by year, and whether "Spouses" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 29 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2013 and 2017 and 2018 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	2	1	3
2014	1	0	1
2015	2	0	2
2017	3	0	3
2018	1	2	3
2019	2	0	2
2020	2	1	3
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Spouses" by people in Profiles.

Timmins L, Pitman A, King M, Gao W, Johnson K, Yu P, Braybrook D, Roach A, Marshall S, Day E, Rose R, Clift P, Almack K, Yi DH, Bristowe K, Harding R. Does the impact of bereavement vary between same and different gender partnerships? A representative national, cross-sectional study. Psychol Med. 2023 07; 53(9):3849-3857.

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Davidow JB, Zide BS, Levin LL, Biddle KD, Urizar JC, Donovan NJ. A Scoping Review of Interventions for Spousal Bereavement in Older Adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2022 03; 30(3):404-418.

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Kunicki ZJ, Gaudiano BA, Miller IW, Tremont G, Salloway S, Darling E, Broughton MK, Kraines MA, Hoopes R, Epstein-Lubow G. Differences in Burden Severity in Adult-Child Family Caregivers and Spousal Caregivers of Persons with Dementia. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2021 Jul-Aug; 64(5):518-532.

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Antonelli MT, Grace PJ, Boltz M. Mutual caregiving: Living meaningfully as an older couple. Int J Older People Nurs. 2020 Dec; 15(4):e12340.

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Pietromonaco PR, Overall NC. Applying relationship science to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic may impact couples' relationships. Am Psychol. 2021 04; 76(3):438-450.

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Nagawa CS, Emidio OM, Lapane KL, Houston TK, Barton BA, Faro JM, Blok AC, Orvek EA, Cutrona SL, Smith BM, Allison JJ, Sadasivam RS. Teamwork for smoking cessation: which smoker was willing to engage their partner? Results from a cross-sectional study. BMC Res Notes. 2020 Jul 20; 13(1):344.

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Kent de Grey RG, Uchino BN, Pietromonaco PR, Hogan JN, Smith TW, Cronan S, Trettevik R. Strained Bedfellows: An Actor-Partner Analysis of Spousal Attachment Insecurity and Sleep Quality. Ann Behav Med. 2019 02 01; 53(2):115-125.

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McCrady BS, Tonigan JS, Ladd BO, Hallgren KA, Pearson MR, Owens MD, Epstein EE. Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy: In-session behavior, active ingredients and mechanisms of behavior change. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2019 04; 99:139-148.

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Winer JP, Powers SI, Pietromonaco PR, Schreck MC. Childhood family adversity and adult cortisol response: The role of observed marital conflict behavior. J Fam Psychol. 2018 Sep; 32(6):793-803.

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Yoshikawa K, Shakya TM, Poudel KC, Jimba M. Agreement on Reporting Intimate Partner Violence Among Nepalese Couples: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Interpers Violence. 2021 05; 36(9-10):4039-4057.

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