Assessing the role of attachment to god, meaning, and religious coping as mediators in the grief experience

Death Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-227

  Kelley, Melissa M ^a   Chan, Keith T ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SENSE OF COHERENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SENSE OF COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857336246     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.553317     Document Type: Article

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