Does ethnicity affect the coping of military spouses?

Armed Forces and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 584-603

  Westhuis, David J ^a,c   Fafara, Richard J ^b,d,e   Ouellette, Philip ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Community and Family Support Center   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USACFSC SP   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Ethnicity; Military families; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745018864     PISSN: 0095327X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095327X06287050     Document Type: Article

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