Attachment in coping with bereavement: A theoretical integration

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-66

  Stroebe, Margaret ^a   Schut, Henk ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 16244423034     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.9.1.48     Document Type: Article

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