Role of attachment in response to pet loss

Death Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-355

  Field, Nigel P ^a   Orsini, Lisa ^a   Gavish, Roni ^a   Packman, Wendy ^a  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAT; DEATH; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GRIEF; HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CATS; DEATH; DOGS; GRIEF; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 64849096179     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180802705783     Document Type: Article

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