An investigation of approach behaviour in Prolonged Grief.
Prolonged Grief (PG) is recognized as a potentially debilitating post-bereavement syndrome. Theoretical models of PG highlight the importance of both approach and avoidance behaviours in maintaining the syndrome. Research to date has focussed primarily on investigating avoidance in response to loss...
| Publicado en: | Behaviour Research & Therapy Vol. 119; pp. 103405 - 103406 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Aug2019
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