The Impact of Circumstances Surrounding the Death of a Child on Parents' Grief

Autor/inn/en	Wijngaards-de Meij, Leoniek; Stroebe, Margaret; Stroebe, Wolfgang; Schut, Henk; Van Den Bout, Jan; Van Der Heijden, Peter G. M.; Dijkstra, Iris
Titel	The Impact of Circumstances Surrounding the Death of a Child on Parents' Grief
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 32 (2008) 3, S.237-252 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
Schlagwörter	Grief; Parents; Death; Context Effect; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; Psychological Patterns; Adjustment (to Environment); Coping; Children; Foreign Countries; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trauer; Eltern; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Bewältigung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	A longitudinal study was conducted among bereaved parents to examine the relationship between the circumstances surrounding the death of their child and psychological adjustment. Two hundred nineteen couples participated at 6, 13, and 20 months post-loss. Examination was made of two categories of factors: those that were determined by the particular death circumstances (e.g., whether the parent was present at the death) versus those over which parents themselves could have influence (e.g., choice of cremation or burial). Results indicated that some but not all factors were related to adjustment over time. Importantly, the feeling of having said goodbye to the child and presenting the body for viewing at home were associated with lower levels of the parents' grief. Implications for supporting bereaved parents are discussed. (Contains 4 tables and 2 footnotes.) (Author).
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