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Self-Focused Attention, Meaning, and Posttraumatic Growth: The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affect for Bereaved Women

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Pages 13-32 | Received 01 Oct 2009, Accepted 13 Dec 2009, Published online: 29 Jan 2011

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