Getting unstuck: The roles of hope, finding meaning, and rumination in the adjustment to bereavement among college students

Death Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 435-458

  Michael, Scott T ^a,c   Snyder, C R ^b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20044378859     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180590932544     Document Type: Article

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