Difficulties Accepting the Loss of a Spouse: A Precursor for Intensified Grieving Among Widowed Older Adults

Death Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-144

  Holland, Jason M ^a   Futterman, Andrew ^b   Thompson, Larry W ^c   Moran, Christine ^b   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; THINKING; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84872527904     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.617489     Document Type: Article

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