Longitudinal analyses of family functioning in veterans and their partners across treatment

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 611-622

  Evans, Lynette ^a   Cowlishaw, Sean ^b   Forbes, David ^c   Parslow, Ruth ^c   Lewis, Virginia ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

partner; posttraumatic stress; treatment outcomes; veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CHECKLIST; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MCMASTER FAMILY ASSESSMENT DEVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC CHECKLIST MILITARY VERSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AROUSAL; CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 77957764844     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020457     Document Type: Article

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