Barriers to maintaining a sense of meaning and control in the face of loss

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 333-357

  Thompson, Suzanne C ^a,b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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