Suicide Bereavement and Complicated Grief: Experiential Avoidance as a Mediating Mechanism

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 325-334

  Nam, Ilsung ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bereavement; complicated grief; experiential avoidance; Korean older adults; suicide bereavement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958533492     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: 15325032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2015.1067099     Document Type: Article

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