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Boss, P. (1975). Psychological father absence and presence: A theoretical formulation for an investigation into family systems pathology (Doctoral dissertation). Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Boss, P. (1999/2000). Ambiguous loss: Learning to live with unresolved grief. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Boss, P. (2004b). Ambiguous loss. In F. Walsh & M. McGoldrick (Eds.), Living beyond loss: Death in the family (2nd ed., pp. 237–246). New York: Norton.
Boss, P. (2006). Loss, trauma, and resilience: Therapeutic work with ambiguous loss. New York: Norton.
Boss, P. (2007). Ambiguous loss theory: Challenges for scholars and practitioners [Special Issue.]. Family Relations, 56(2), 105–111.
Boss, P. (2010). The trauma and complicated grief of ambiguous loss. Pastoral Psychology, 59(2), 137–145.
Boss, P. (2011). Loving someone who has dementia: How to find hope while coping with stress and grief. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Boss, P. (2015). Coping with the suffering of ambiguous loss. In R. E. Anderson (Ed.), World suffering and the quality of life (pp. 125–134). New York: Springer.
Boss, P. (2016a). Ambiguous loss. Retrieved from http://www.ambiguousloss.com/
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Boss, P., & Carnes, D. (2012). The myth of closure. Family Process, 51(4), 456–460.
Boss, P., Doherty, W., LaRossa, R., Schumm, W., & Steinmetz, S. (Eds.). (1993/2009). Sourcebook of family theories and methods: A contextual approach. New York: Plenum.
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Boss, P., Bryant, C. M., & Mancini, J. (2016). Family stress management: A contextual approach (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
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Mendenhall, T. (2017). Boss, Pauline. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_779-1
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