Gender Differences in Adjustment to Bereavement: An Empirical and Theoretical Review

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-83

  Stroebe, Margaret ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Schut, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001856653     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.5.1.62     Document Type: Review

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