Personal strength and finding meaning in conjugally bereaved older adults: A four-year prospective analysis

Death Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-218

  Kim, Su Hyun ^a   Kjervik, Diane ^b   Belyea, Michael ^c   Choi, Eun Sook ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 79952419185     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2010.518425     Document Type: Article

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