The measurement of couple and family interactions and relationship quality in bereavement research

Family Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-78

  Hooghe, An ^a   De Mol, Jan ^b   Baetens, Imke ^a,c   Zech, Emmanuelle ^b  

^a Center for Marital and Family Therapy   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assessment; Couple; Family; Grief; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890166748     PISSN: 19424620     EISSN: 19424639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2013.821761     Document Type: Review

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