Cognitive and emotional processing through writing among adolescents who experienced the death of a classmate

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-260

  Margola, Davide ^a   Facchin, Federica ^a   Molgora, Sara ^a   Revenson, Tracey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment trajectories; adolescents; death and dying; emotional disclosure; expressive writing (EW); posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957585948     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019891     Document Type: Article

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