Posttraumatic growth in bereaved parents

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 344-346

  Engelkemeyer, Sean M ^a   Marwit, Samuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GRIEF EXPERIENCE INVENTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH INVENTORY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; WORLD ASSUMPTIONS SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 46949107270     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20338     Document Type: Article

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