Predictors of psychological adjustment after bereavement

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 921-934

  Onrust, Simone ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b   Smit, Filip ^a,b   Bohlmeijer, Ernst ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Complicated grief; Depression; Mastery; Social support; Widow; Widower

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIEF; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATIZATION; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 34548092948     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610206004248     Document Type: Article

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