Bereavement-related regret trajectories among widowed older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-47

  Holland, Jason M ^a   Thompson, Kara L ^a   Rozalski, Vincent ^a   Lichtenthal, Wendy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing bonds; Death and dying; Marital quality; Regret; Unfinished business

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTINUING BONDS; DEATH AND DYING; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARITAL QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRET; TIME; UNFINISHED BUSINESS.; VERY ELDERLY; WIDOW;

CONTINUING BONDS; DEATH AND DYING; MARITAL QUALITY; REGRET; UNFINISHED BUSINESS.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84894436321     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt050     Document Type: Article

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