Prediction of complicated grief by positive and negative themes in narratives

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1117-1136

  Maercker, Andreas ^a   Bonanno, George A ^b   Znoj, Hansjoerg ^c   Horowitz, Mardi J ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPOUSES;

EID: 7844241551     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199812)54:8<1117::AID-JCLP11>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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