Losing a child: Finding meaning in bereavement

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL, 2014, Pages

  Bogensperger, Julia ^a   Lueger Schuster, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complicated grief; Death; Meaning reconstruction; Parental bereavement; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947455808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v5.22910     Document Type: Article

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