Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ364569
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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An Examination of the Early Impact of Bereavement on Psychological Distress in Survivors of Suicide.
Farberow, Norman L.; And Others
Gerontologist, v27 n5 p592-98 Oct 1987
Compared impact of bereavement on mental health of survivors (N=108) of suicides of spouses with that of survivors of natural deaths (N=99) of spouses and with married non-bereaved adults (N=144). Both survivor groups scored poorer than non-bereaved group on all measures; suicide survivors reported anxiety more often than did natural death survivors. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Bereavement, Coping, Death, Emotional Adjustment, Mental Health, Older Adults, Spouses, Suicide
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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