Telling it like it is: The adaptive function of narratives in coping with loss in later life

Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-251

  Caplan, Scott E ^a   Haslett, Beth J ^a   Burleson, Brant R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMOR; LIFE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; RELIGION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; WRITING;

EID: 20044372914     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1703_2     Document Type: Article

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