Marital adjustment and stability following traumatic brain injury: A pilot qualitative analysis of spouse perspectives

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-78

  Hammond, Flora M ^a,b   Davis, Christine S ^c   Whiteside, Omar Y ^d   Philbrick, Peggy ^a   Hirsch, Mark A ^c  

^a Carolinas Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment; brain injury; caregiving; craniocerebral trauma; marriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 79551627393     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e318205174d     Document Type: Article

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