Continuing bonds, risk factors for complicated grief, and adjustment to bereavement

Death Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-29

  Field, Nigel P ^a   Filanosky, Charles ^b  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149089303     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180903372269     Document Type: Article

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