Examining the role of trauma, personality, and meaning in young prolonged grievers

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 771-777

  Tomarken, Alexis ^a   Roth, Andrew ^a   Holland, Jimmie ^a   Ganz, Ollie ^a   Schachter, Sherry ^b   Kose, Gary ^c   Ramirez, Paul Michael ^c   Allen, Rhiannon ^c   Nelson, Christian J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Calvary Hospital   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

meaning; personality; prolonged grief; psycho oncology; resilience; trauma; young spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRIEF; GRIEF MEANING RECONSTRUCTION INVENTORY; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NARCISSISM; OBSESSION; PERCEPTION; PROLONGED GRIEF 13; TRAUMATIC LIFE EVENT QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84863457114     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1983     Document Type: Article

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