Time does not heal all wounds: A longitudinal study of reaction and adaptation to divorce

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 945-950

  Lucas, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30344445073     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01642.x     Document Type: Article

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