Toward the development of an inventory of daily widowed life (IDWL): Guided by the dual process model of coping with bereavement

Death Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 505-535

  Caserta, Michael S ^a   Lund, Dale A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 34248571968     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180701356761     Document Type: Article

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