Theories on coping with loss: The impact of social support and self-esteem on adjustment to emotional and social loneliness following a partner's death in later life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Van Baarsen, Berna ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; INTIMACY; LONELINESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORY;

EID: 0036143748     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/57.1.S33     Document Type: Article

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