Who needs grief counseling? A report from the Scott & White grief study

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-223

  Gamino, Louis ^a   Sewell, Kenneth ^b   Hogan, Nancy ^c   Mason, Saundra ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77149165100     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.60.3.a     Document Type: Article

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