Ethnicity and the grief response: Mexican American versus Anglo American college students

Death Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-155

  Oltjenbruns, Kevin Ann ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEATH; DEPERSONALIZATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOMATIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031935166     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811898201641     Document Type: Article

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