Psychological and religious coping strategies of mothers bereaved by the sudden death of a child

Death Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 811-826

  Anderson, Miriam J ^a   Marwit, Samuel J ^a   Vandenberg, Brian ^a   Chibnall, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 26244467923     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180500236602     Document Type: Article

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