Online mutual support in bereavement: An empirical examination

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1519-1525

  Van Der Houwen, Karolijne ^a,b   Stroebe, Margaret ^a   Schut, Henk ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Van Den Bout, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Grief; Internet; Mutual support

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; GRIEF; MENTAL HEALTH; MUTUAL SUPPORT; NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

RURAL AREAS;

INTERNET;

EID: 77956187365     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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