Rethinking marital enmeshment: Distinguishing intrusiveness from closeness-caregiving among French couples

European Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-51

  Fanjoux Cohen, L ^c   Mouly Bandini, A ^a   Werner, P D ^b   Green, R J ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Family assessment; Family structure; Self report questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031905580     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(97)86751-X     Document Type: Article

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