Parents' adjustment to late abortion, stillbirth or infant death: The role of causal attributions

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-394

  Jind, Lise ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attribution; Post traumatic symptoms; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0141430101     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00358     Document Type: Article

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