Resilience and bereaved children: Helping a child to develop a resilient mind-set following the death of a parent

Bereavement Care

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Stokes, Julie ^a  

^a Winston's Wish   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bereaved children; gender; memory processes; Parental death; resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956106715     PISSN: 02682621     EISSN: 19448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02682620902746078     Document Type: Article

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