Military Marriages: The Aftermath of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Deployments

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-214

  Baptist, Joyce A ^a   Amanor Boadu, Yvonne ^a   Garrett, Kevin ^a   Goff, Briana S Nelson ^a   Collum, Jonathan ^a   Gamble, Paulicia ^a   Gurss, Holly ^a   Sanders Hahs, Erin ^a   Strader, Lizette ^a   Wick, Stephanie ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployment stress; Military marriages; Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Iraqi freedom; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052637220     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-011-9162-6     Document Type: Article

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