Marital adjustment, parental functioning, and emotional sharing in war veterans

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-147

  Solomon, Zahava ^a   Debby Aharon, Shimrit ^a   Zerach, Gadi ^b   Horesh, Danny ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

emotional sharing; marital adjustment; parental functioning; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650238673     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10379203     Document Type: Article

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