Couples' adjustment to one partner's disability: The relationship between sense of coherence and adjustment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-171

  Rena, F ^a   Moshe, S ^a   Abraham, O ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Disability; Sense of coherence; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALYSIS; PERSONALITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0030056055     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00358-4     Document Type: Article

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