Parents coping with the death of their child: From individual to interpersonal to interactive perspectives

Family Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-36

  Stroebe, Margaret ^a,b   Schut, Henk ^a   Finkenauer, Catrin ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Coping; Death of child; Family; Grief

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890229143     PISSN: 19424620     EISSN: 19424639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2013.819229     Document Type: Review

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