Beyond bereavement support group meetings: Exploring outside social contacts among the members

Death Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 537-556

  Caserta, Michael S ^a   Lund, Dale A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 0030466097     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481189608252761     Document Type: Article

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