Adaptive and maladaptive dependency in bereavement: Distinguishing prolonged and resolved grief trajectories

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1012-1017

  Denckla, Christy A ^a   Mancini, Anthony D ^b   Bornstein, Robert F ^a   Bonanno, George A ^c  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bereavement; Dependency; Detachment; Grief; Healthy dependency

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053248241     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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