Parental grief responses and personals growth following the death of a child

Death Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-299

  Riley, Linda P ^a   LaMontagne, Lynda L ^b   Hepworth, Joseph T ^c   Murphy, Barbara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847386728     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180601152591     Document Type: Article

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