The Influence of Maternal Loss on Young Women's Experience of Identity Development in Emerging Adulthood

Autor/in	Schultz, Lara E.
Titel	The Influence of Maternal Loss on Young Women's Experience of Identity Development in Emerging Adulthood
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 31 (2007) 1, S.17-43 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
Schlagwörter	Daughters; Young Adults; Grief; Death; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Mothers; Individual Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Daughter; Tochter; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Trauer; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Mother; Mutter; Individuelle Entwicklung
Abstract	A qualitative approach was used to study the influence of adolescent maternal loss on identity development in 6 young women. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed for recurrent themes. Three metathemes emerged from the narratives: Loss of Mother Impacts Identity, Relatedness on the Path of Identity Development, and Integration of Loss into Emergent Identity. Findings indicate that the experience of maternal loss influenced aspects of the women's identity development and initiated a need to seek new connections and redefine aspects of self in order to integrate the loss. Practical implications of these findings are presented for clinicians who work with bereaved young women. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10