A qualitative study of single-trauma and dual-trauma military couples

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 216-223

  Nelson Goff, Briana S ^a   Irwin, Laura ^a   Cox, Michelle ^a   Devine, Sara ^a   Summers, Kali ^a   Schmitz, Anne ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

couple functioning; dual trauma; qualitative research; single trauma; traumatic load

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900827028     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036697     Document Type: Article

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