Prospective predictors of positive emotions following spousal loss

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 653-660

  Ong, Anthony D ^a   Fuller Rowell, Thomas E ^a   Bonanno, George A ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital strain; Positive emotions; Spousal loss; Trait resilience

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 77957281271     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018870     Document Type: Article

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