Coping processes of couples experiencing infertility

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-239

  Peterson, Brennan D ^a   Newton, Christopher R ^b   Rosen, Karen H ^c   Schulman, Robert S ^d  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Northern Virginia Graduate Center   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Couples; Depression; Infertility stress; Marital adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644754915     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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