Writing projects: Lessening undergraduates' unique suicidal bereavement

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-60

  Kovac, Stacey H ^b   Range, Lillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034128179     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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