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Rita W. Law
Researcher at University of Arizona
Publications - 5
Citations - 369
Rita W. Law is an academic researcher from University of Arizona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Marital separation & Epidemiology. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 333 citations.
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Divorce and Death A Meta-Analysis and Research Agenda for Clinical, Social, and Health Psychology
TL;DR: This review integrates research on divorce and death via meta-analysis and outlines a research agenda for better understanding the potential mechanisms linking marital dissolution and risk for all-cause mortality.
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Marital dissolution and blood pressure reactivity: evidence for the specificity of emotional intrusion-hyperarousal and task-rated emotional difficulty.
TL;DR: Assessment of blood pressure reactivity as recently separated adults completed a laboratory task asking to mentally reflect on their relationship experiences suggests divorce-related emotional intrusion-hyperarousal and real-time ratings of emotional difficulty may play a specific role in BP reactivity, especially for men.
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The effects of church attendance and marital status on the longitudinal trajectories of depressed mood among older adults.
Rita W. Law,David A. Sbarra +1 more
TL;DR: Using multilevel modeling to assess change, church attendance was found to have a protective effect against the emergence of mood problems among older adults and, although becoming married was associated with a decrease in depressed mood, becoming nonmarried wasassociated with an increase in depression mood.
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Attachment anxiety, verbal immediacy, and blood pressure: Results from a laboratory analog study following marital separation
TL;DR: A deeper understanding of the association between marital dissolution and health is provided and verbal immediacy may be a useful behavioral index of hyperactivating coping strategies is suggested.
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Facing a breakup: Electromyographic responses moderate self‐concept recovery following a romantic separation
TL;DR: The interaction between self-report and psychophysiological data provided information about the importance of self-concept recovery to post-breakup adjustment not tapped by either method alone.