Sense of coherence, ways of coping, and well being of married and divorced mothers

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 467-486

  Cohen, Orna ^a   Dekel, Rachel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Divorced mothers; Married mothers; Sense of coherence; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034344594     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007853002549     Document Type: Article

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