Reactions following the sudden death of a classmate

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-176

  Dyregrov, Atle ^a,b   Gjestad, Rolf ^a   Bie Wikander, Anne Marie ^a   Vigerust, Synne ^a  

^a Centre for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

^b Center for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Grief; Impact of event scale; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347611277     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00114     Document Type: Article

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