Object relations as a predictor of adjustment in conjugal bereavement

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 399-412

  Field, Nigel P ^b   Sturgeon, Sheila E ^c   Puryear, Richard ^c   Hibbard, Steven ^c   Horowitz, Mardi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TIME;

BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035294450     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579401002115     Document Type: Article

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