"It was never that bad" Biased recall of grief and long-term adjustment to the death of a spouse

Memory

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-203

  Safer, M A ^a   Bonanno, G A ^a   Field, N P ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SPOUSE; THINKING;

EID: 0034949477     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210143000065     Document Type: Article

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