Cultural influences on parental bereavement in Chinese families

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-25

  Ho, Sio Wa ^a   Brotherson, Sean E ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTS; RATIONALIZATION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 34548431805     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/4293-202L-5475-2161     Document Type: Article

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