Adolescent survivors after suicide: Australian young people's bereavement narratives

Crisis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-217

  Bartik, Warren ^a   Maple, Myfanwy ^a   Edwards, Helen ^a   Kiernan, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Suicide; Suicide survivors; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; FRIEND; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDE; SURVIVOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NARRATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877708853     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000185     Document Type: Article

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