Stressful experiences, coping strategies, and predictors of health-related outcomes among wives of deployed military servicemen

Armed Forces and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-373

  Dimiceli, Erin E ^a   Steinhardt, Mary A ^a   Smith, Shanna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Depressive symptoms; Military spouses; Physical symptoms; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749088928     PISSN: 0095327X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095327X08324765     Document Type: Article

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