Profiles of change in self-constructions among early- and later-bereaved widows

Psychological Reports

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 563-568

  Chovan, Martha J ^a   Chovan, William ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TIME; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 33746196642     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.98.2.563-568     Document Type: Article

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