Communicated support following loss: Examining the experiences of parental death and parental divorce in adolescence

Death Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-255

  Marwit, Samuel J ^a   Carusa, Sandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIVORCE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOURNING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031961312     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811898201579     Document Type: Article

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