The Myth of Closure

Family Process

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 456-469

  Boss, Pauline ^a   Carnes, Donna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambiguous Loss; Complex Grief; Meaning Making; No Closure; Sadness Versus Depression; Self Reflection; Unresolved Grief; Unresolved Loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GRIEF; HUMANS; POETRY AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84870949530     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12005     Document Type: Article

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