Grief and Growth of Bereaved Siblings as Related to Attachment Style and Flexibility

Death Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 158-164

  Cohen, Orit ^a   Katz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY FAMILY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY FAMILY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM;

EID: 84937253694     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2014.923069     Document Type: Article

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