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Widowhood and Spirituality: Coping Responses to Bereavement

Pages 145-165 | Published online: 17 Oct 2008

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Danielle L. McDuffie, Rebecca S. Allen, Martha R. Crowther & Sheila Black. (2022) Investigating the applicability of the Two-Track Model of Bereavement to a Southern sample of African American adults. Death Studies 46:9, pages 2056-2069.
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