The impact of deployment length and experience on the well-being of male and female soldiers

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-137

  Adler, Amy B ^a,c   Huffman, Ann H ^b   Bliese, Paul D ^a   Castro, Carl Andrew ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Army Medical Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; WELLBEING;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17744376988     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.10.2.121     Document Type: Article

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