Posttraumatic Distress and Growth Among Wives of Prisoners of War: The Contribution of Husbands' Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Wives' Own Attachment

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-426

  Dekel, Rachel ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

attachment; distress; posttraumatic growth; POWs; spouse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; VETERAN; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34548858686     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.3.419     Document Type: Article

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