Assessing adults' difficulty in coping with funerals

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-115

  Hayslip Jr , Bert ^a   Booher, Suzanne K ^a   Scoles, Michael T ^b   Guarnaccia, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY; FRIEND; GRIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY; FRIENDS; FUNERAL RITES; GRIEF; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38449085236     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.55.2.a     Document Type: Article

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