Resilience rather than recovery: A contextual framework on adaptation following bereavement

Death Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-73

  Sandler, Irwin N ^a   Wolchik, Sharlene A ^a   Ayers, Tim S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37849008809     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180701741343     Document Type: Article

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