Divorce and Health: Beyond Individual Differences

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-113

  Sbarra, David A ^a   Hasselmo, Karen ^a   Bourassa, Kyle J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

diathesis stress model; divorce; health; psychophysiology; relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926490448     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414559125     Document Type: Article

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