A Social Interactional Model of Bereavement Narrative Disclosure

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-218

  Baddeley, Jenna L ^a   Singer, Jefferson A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement; disclosure; grief; narrative memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249145101     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015655     Document Type: Article

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