The contribution of loneliness and posttraumatic stress disorder to marital adjustment following war captivity: A longitudinal study

Family Process

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-275

  Solomon, Zahava ^a   Dekel, Rachel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Marital Adjustment; POWs; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 43949100302     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2008.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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