Network analysis of persistent complex bereavement disorder in conjugally bereaved adults

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 510-522

  Robinaugh, Donald J ^a   LeBlanc, Nicole J ^a   Vuletich, Heidi A ^a   McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Complicated grief; Network analysis; Persistent complex bereavement disorder; Philosophy of science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PERSISTENT COMPLEX BEREAVEMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSAL DEPENDENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 84905570797     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000002     Document Type: Article

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