Moderators of bereavement distress in a gay male sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 761-767

  Gluhoski, Vicki L ^a   Fishman, Baruch ^b   Perry, Samuel W ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031281127     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00114-1     Document Type: Article

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