Associations among experiential avoidance, couple adjustment, and interpersonal aggression in returning iraqi war veterans and their partners

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 515-520

  Reddy, Madhavi K ^a   Meis, Laura A ^a   Erbes, Christopher R ^a   Polusny, Melissa A ^a   Compton, Jill S ^b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

actor partner interdependence model; couple therapy; experiential avoidance; physical aggression; relationship adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND ACTION QUESIONNAIRE II; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARMY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT SCALE 2; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; COUPLES THERAPY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 79961139358     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023929     Document Type: Article

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