A prospective study of coping and adjustment before and after a parent's death from cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Mireault, Gina C ^a   Compas, Bruce E ^b  

^a LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PARENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030427454     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077V14N04_01     Document Type: Article

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