Dyadic Coping of Parents After the Death of a Child

Death Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 128-138

  Bergstraesser, Eva ^a   Inglin, Susanne ^b   Hornung, Rainer ^b   Landolt, Markus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84937253421     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2014.920434     Document Type: Article

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