Military-induced family separation: A stress reduction intervention

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 273-280

  Black, William G ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 0027603331     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/38.3.273     Document Type: Article

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