Using Multidimensional Grief Theory to Explore the Effects of Deployment, Reintegration, and Death on Military Youth and Families

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 322-340

  Kaplow, Julie B ^a   Layne, Christopher M ^b   Saltzman, William R ^c,d   Cozza, Stephen J ^e   Pynoos, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Child; Family; Grief; Military; Theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881612395     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-013-0143-1     Document Type: Review

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