"It's like ⋯ a confronting issue": Life-changing narratives of young people

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 945-953

  Weber, Zita ^a   Rowling, Louise ^a   Scanlon, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Loss; Narrative; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STORYTELLING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34548150928     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307302011     Document Type: Article

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