Recent research on family factors and readiness: Implications for military leaders

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 153-165

  Schumm, Walter R ^b   Bell, D Bruce ^a   Resnick, Gary ^c  

^a US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035433710     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.1.153     Document Type: Article

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