Systemic traumatic stress: The couple adaptation to traumatic stress model

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-157

  Goff, Briana S Nelson ^a   Smith, Douglas B ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20444463205     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2005.tb01552.x     Document Type: Review

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