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.

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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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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 28 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2016 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	1	0	1
2006	3	0	3
2007	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2011	2	1	3
2012	1	1	2
2014	3	0	3
2016	3	1	4
2017	1	1	2
2018	3	1	4
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	1	2

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

Pollitt AM, Donnelly R, Mernitz SE, Umberson D. Differences in how spouses influence each other's alcohol use in same- and different-sex marriages: A daily diary study. Soc Sci Med. 2020 11; 264:113398.

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Xu T, Xu X, Sunil T, Sirisunyaluck B. Buddhism and Depressive Symptoms among Married Women in Urban Thailand. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 01 25; 17(3).

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Sharma M, Anand N, Thakur P, N S, Biswas A, R A, Vishwakarma A, Singh P, Sj A, Murthy K, Sahu M, John N. Pathways to problematic use of online chatting. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Feb; 48:101907.

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Moeini B, Merghati Khoei E, Barati M, Soltanian A, Sharma M, Khadivi R, Ghaleiha A, Nahar VK, Bagherikholenjani F. Randomized controlled trial protocol to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention using information, motivation and behavioral skills model on sexual satisfaction of new couples in Iran. Reprod Health. 2019 Nov 15; 16(1):168.

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Soto SH, Callahan LF, Bahorski S, Altpeter M, Hales DP, Phillips A, Carthron D, Rini C. The Role of Cohabitating Partner and Relationship Characteristics on Physical Activity among Individuals with Osteoarthritis. Int J Behav Med. 2019 Oct; 26(5):522-530.

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Kung TH, Gordon JR, Abdullahi A, Barve A, Chaudhari V, Kosambiya JK, Kumar A, Gamit S, Wells KJ. "My husband says this: If you are alive, you can be someone?": Facilitators and barriers to cervical cancer screening among women living with HIV in India. Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Apr; 30(4):365-374.

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Bell E, Kandler C, Riemann R. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Sociopolitical Attitudes: Addressing Some Gaps in the New Paradigm. Politics Life Sci. 2018 12 04; 37(2):236-249.

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Umberson D, Donnelly R, Pollitt AM. Marriage, Social Control, and Health Behavior: A Dyadic Analysis of Same-sex and Different-sex Couples. J Health Soc Behav. 2018 09; 59(3):429-446.

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Skapinsky KF, Persky S, Lewis M, Goergen A, Ashida S, de Heer HD, Hadley D, Wilkinson AV, Koehly LM. Heart disease risk information, encouragement, and physical activity among Mexican-origin couples: Self- or spouse-driven change? Transl Behav Med. 2018 01 29; 8(1):95-104.

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Mitchell JA, Cadet T, Burke S, Williams ED, Alvarez D. The Paradoxical Impact of Companionship on the Mental Health of Older African American Men. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2018 01 11; 73(2):230-239.

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