Adult attachment, work cohesion, coping, and psychological well-being of firefighters

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-162

  Landen, Shoshanna M ^a   Wang, Chia Chih D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Coping; Firefighters; Psychological well being; Work cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953552614     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515071003776028     Document Type: Article

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