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]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Spouses".

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

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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 54 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	2	3
2004	1	1	2
2005	2	0	2
2006	2	0	2
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	2	0	2
2011	3	0	3
2012	2	2	4
2013	5	0	5
2014	6	2	8
2015	2	1	3
2016	4	1	5
2018	6	0	6
2019	0	1	1
2021	3	1	4
2023	0	1	1

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

Yorgason JB, Noorda NM, Steeger D, Saylor J, Berg C, Davey A, Rellaford S, Kirkham D, Saunders J, Taylor E. Communal coping and glycemic control: Daily patterns among young adult couples with type 1 diabetes. Fam Syst Health. 2024 Jun; 42(2):239-253.

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Pekmezi DW, Crane TE, Oster RA, Rogers LQ, Hoenemeyer T, Farrell D, Cole WW, Wolin K, Badr H, Demark-Wahnefried W. Rationale and Methods for a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dyadic, Web-Based, Weight Loss Intervention among Cancer Survivors and Partners: The DUET Study. Nutrients. 2021 Sep 29; 13(10).

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Jutkowitz E, Mitchell LL, Bardenheier BH, Gaugler JE. Profiles of Caregiving Arrangements of Community-dwelling People Living with Probable Dementia. J Aging Soc Policy. 2022 Nov 02; 34(6):860-875.

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Soriano EC, Otto AK, LoSavio ST, Perndorfer C, Siegel SD, Laurenceau JP. Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Inhibited Disclosure: Testing the Social-Cognitive Processing Model in Couples Coping With Breast Cancer. Ann Behav Med. 2021 03 20; 55(3):192-202.

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Soriano EC, Lenhard JM, Gonzalez JS, Tennen H, Chow SM, Otto AK, Perndorfer C, Shen BJ, Siegel SD, Laurenceau JP. Spousal Influence on Diabetes Self-care: Moderating Effects of Distress and Relationship Quality on Glycemic Control. Ann Behav Med. 2021 03 16; 55(2):123-132.

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Petrovsky DV, Sefcik JS, Hodgson NA, Gitlin LN. Harsh communication: characteristics of caregivers and persons with dementia. Aging Ment Health. 2020 10; 24(10):1709-1716.

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Soriano EC, Perndorfer C, Siegel SD, Laurenceau JP. Threat sensitivity and fear of cancer recurrence: a daily diary study of reactivity and recovery as patients and spouses face the first mammogram post-diagnosis. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2019 Mar-Apr; 37(2):131-144.

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Perndorfer C, Soriano EC, Siegel SD, Laurenceau JP. Everyday protective buffering predicts intimacy and fear of cancer recurrence in couples coping with early-stage breast cancer. Psychooncology. 2019 02; 28(2):317-323.

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Soriano EC, Pasipanodya EC, LoSavio ST, Otto AK, Perndorfer C, Siegel SD, Laurenceau JP. Social constraints and fear of recurrence in couples coping with early stage breast cancer. Health Psychol. 2018 Sep; 37(9):874-884.

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Jafree SR, Zakar R, Mustafa M, Fischer F. Mothers employed in paid work and their predictors for home delivery in Pakistan. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Aug 03; 18(1):316.

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