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.
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