Psychological resilience and the well-being of widowed women

Ageing International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-280

  O'Rourke, Norm ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Psychological resillience; Well being; Widowed women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447558901     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-996-1002-x     Document Type: Article

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