Active grief, despair, and difficulty coping: Some measured characteristics of male response following their partner's miscarriage

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-93

  Puddifoot, John E ^a   Johnson, M P ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FATHER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033063758     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646839908404587     Document Type: Article

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