Coping flexibility and complicated grief: A comparison of American and Chinese samples

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-22

  Burton, Charles L ^a   Yan, Oscar H ^a   Pat Horenczyk, Ruth ^b   Chan, Ide S F ^c   Ho, Samuel ^d   Bonanno, George A ^a  

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

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

coping skills; cross cultural comparison; grief; life stress; social adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERCEIVED ABILITY TO COPE WITH TRAUMA SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEATH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84856712331     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20888     Document Type: Article

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