Experiences of U.S. military couples during the post-deployment transition: Applying the relational turbulence model

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-450

  Knobloch, Leanne K ^a   Theiss, Jennifer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interference from partners; military deployment; relational turbulence; relational uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868647276     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407511431186     Document Type: Article

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