Continuing bonds in adaptation to bereavement: Toward theoretical integration

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-268

  Stroebe, Margaret ^a   Schut, Henk ^a   Boerner, Kathrin ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bereavement; Continuing bonds; Grief; Theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; COGNITION; DEATH; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 74349112279     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.11.007     Document Type: Review

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