Correlates of life satisfaction among military wives

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 465-475

  Klein, Helen Altman ^a   Tatone, Carol L ^a   Lindsay, Noreen B ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOLDIER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY TESTS;

EID: 0024730941     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980.1989.10543000     Document Type: Article

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