Resilience, Ambiguous Loss, and Older Same-Sex Couples: The Resilience Constellation Model

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-88

  Dziengel, Lake ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguous loss; gay; lesbian; relationship longevity; resilience; same sex couples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858037716     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2011.626354     Document Type: Article

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