Marital satisfaction before and after deployments associated with the global war on terror

Psychological Reports

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 836-844

  McLeland, Kelly C ^a   Sutton, Geoffrey W ^a   Schumm, Walter R ^b  

^a Evangel University   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOLDIER; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749086309     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.103.3.836-844     Document Type: Article

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