Changes in parents' mental distress after the violent death of an adolescent or young adult child: A longitudinal prospective analysis

Death Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-159

  Murphy, Shirley A ^a   Das Gupta, Abhijit ^a   Cain, Kevin C ^a   Johnson, L Clark ^a   Lohan, Janet ^a   Wu, Lang ^a   Mekwa, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD DEATH; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032991288     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811899201118     Document Type: Article

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