Trauma and couples: Mechanisms in dyadic functioning

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-332

  Henry, Stacey Blalock ^a   Smith, Douglas B ^a   Archuleta, Kristy L ^a   Sanders Hahs, Erin ^a   Goff, Briana S Nelson ^a   Reisbig, Allison M J ^a   Schwerdtfeger, Kami L ^a   Bole, Amy ^a   Hayes, Everett ^a   Hoheisel, Carol B ^a   Nye, Ben ^a   Osby Williams, Jamie ^a   Scheer, Tamera ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960186287     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2010.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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