Internal and external adaptation in Army families: Lessons from Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-260

  Pittman, Joe F ^a   Kerpelman, Jennifer L ^b   McFadyen, Jennifer M ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adaptation; Coping; Culture; Military; Organizational work

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442427364     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2004.0001.x     Document Type: Article

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