Couple forgiveness, self-differentiation and secondary traumatization among wives of former pows

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 924-937

  Dekel, Rachel ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Couple forgiveness; prisoners of war; PTSD; secondary traumatization; self differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349255586     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510377216     Document Type: Article

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