Grief and post-traumatic growth in parents 2-6 years after the death of their extremely premature baby

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-114

  Büchi, Stefan ^a,c   Mörgeli, Hanspeter ^a   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a   Jenewein, Josef ^a   Hepp, Urs ^a   Jina, Eveline ^a   Neuhaus, Rachel ^a   Fauchère, Jean Claude ^a   Bucher, Hans Ulrich ^a   Sensky, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UniversitatsSpital Zurich Psychiatrische Poliklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Parents; Post traumatic growth; Prematurity; PRISM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOURNING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF ILLNESS AND SELF MEASURE; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846409494     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097969     Document Type: Article

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