Death of parents and adult psychological and physical well-being: A prospective U.S. national study

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1611-1638

  Marks, Nadine F ^a   Jun, Heyjung ^b   Song, Jieun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Depression; Health; Parent death; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648942263     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07302728     Document Type: Article

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