Predicting Comforting Quality in the Context of Miscarriage

Communication Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 62-74

  MacGeorge, Erina L ^a   Wilkum, Kristi ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Fond du Lac   (United States)

Author keywords

Comforting; Gender; Miscarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867324645     PISSN: 08934215     EISSN: 17451043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08934215.2012.719463     Document Type: Article

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