Doing and being well (for the most part): Adaptive patterns of narrative self-evaluation during bereavement

Journal of Personality

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 451-482

  Bauer, Jack J ^a   Bonanno, George A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SPOUSE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0039888672     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00152     Document Type: Article

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