Spouses' perceptions of each other's coping ability with possible stressful life events and marital quality

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-220

  Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping ability; Couples; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032371518     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025081526685     Document Type: Article

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