Identity relevance and disruption as predictors of pyschological distress for widowed and divorced women

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 983-997

  DeGarmo, David S ^a   Kitson, Gay C ^b  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Identity theory; Marital separation; Psychological distress; Stress theory; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040749546     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353985     Document Type: Article

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