Linguistic predictors of adaptive bereavement

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 863-871

  Pennebaker, James W ^a   Mayne, Tracy J ^b,c   Francis, Martha E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 0031116329     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.4.863     Document Type: Article

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