"Cycling around an emotional core of sadness": Emotion regulation in a couple after the loss of a child

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1220-1231

  Hooghe, An ^a   Neimeyer, Robert A ^b   Rober, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement grief; case studies; communication; complexity; relationships

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; METAPHOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84864702918     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312449209     Document Type: Article

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