Assessing adult adjustment to relationship separation: The Psychological Adjustment To Separation Test (PAST)

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 632-640

  Sweeper, Susie ^a,b   Halford, Kim ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Assessment; Divorce; Psychological Adjustment to Separation Test; Relationship separation; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33845874657     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.4.632     Document Type: Article

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