Prospective patterns of resilience and maladjustment during widowhood

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 260-271

  Bonanno, George A ^a   Wortman, Camille B ^b   Nesse, Randolph M ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 2642556331     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.2.260     Document Type: Article

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