Marital functioning in the Army Marital Dissolution Trends and correlates of marital dissolution intent among US Soldiers following Combat Deployments

Handbook of Counseling Military Couples

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 19-34

  Riviere, Lyndon A ^a   Merrill, Julie C ^a   Thomas, Jeffrey L ^a   Wilk, Joshua E ^a   Bliese, Paul D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

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