Differentiation of the self and posttraumatic symptomatology among ex-POWs and their wives

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-73

  Solomon, Zahava ^a   Dekel, Rachel ^b   Zerach, Gadi ^a   Horesh, Danny ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 58149115059     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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