Life events and symptomatic recovery of army spouses following operation desert storm

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 131-139

  Rosen, Leora N ^a  

^a Welter Reed Institute of Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Army wives; Deployment; Life events; Operation Desert Storm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SOLDIER; SPOUSE; TIME; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SPOUSES; WAR;

EID: 0029584868     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.1995.9933751     Document Type: Article

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