Living under the threat of relocation: Spouses' perceptions of the threat and coping resources

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-121

  Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a   Shamai, Michal ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Relocation; Resources; Spouses; Stress; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032369634     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025096819358     Document Type: Article

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