Trait vulnerability and coping strategies in the transition to motherhood

Current Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-72

  Besser, Avi ^a   Priel, Beatriz ^b  

^a SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 0041364611     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-003-1013-7     Document Type: Review

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