Does relationship quality moderate the impact of marital bereavement on depressive symptoms ?

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 510-526

  Abakoumkin, Georgios ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^b   Stroebe, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77953605692     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2010.29.5.510     Document Type: Article

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