Intergenerational family support following infant death

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-208

  White, Diana L ^a   Walker, Alexis J ^b   Richards, Leslie N ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD DEATH; EMOTION; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 57749169074     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.67.3.a     Document Type: Article

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