Bereavement Experiences of Mothers and Fathers over Time after the Death of a Child due to Cancer

Autor/inn/en	Alam, Rifat; Barrera, Maru; D'Agostino, Norma; Nicholas, David B.; Schneiderman, Gerald
Titel	Bereavement Experiences of Mothers and Fathers over Time after the Death of a Child due to Cancer
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 36 (2012) 1, S.1-22 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
DOI	10.1080/07481187.2011.553312
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Fathers; Grief; Cancer; Children; Death; Gender Differences; Work Attitudes; Employment; Coping; Parent Child Relationship; Spouses; Interpersonal Relationship; Family Relationship; Longitudinal Studies; Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Trauer; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Geschlechterkonflikt; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Dienstverhältnis; Bewältigung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ehepartner; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	The authors investigated longitudinally bereavement in mothers and fathers whose children died of cancer. Thirty-one parents were interviewed 6 and 18 months post-death. Analyses revealed parental differences and changes over time: (a) employment--fathers were more work-focused; (b) grief reactions--mothers expressed more intense grief reactions that lessened over time; (c) coping--mothers were more child-focused, fathers more task-focused; (d) relationship with bereaved siblings--mothers actively nurtured relationship with child; (e) spousal relationship--parents reported diversity in their relationship over time; and (f) relationship with extended family--mothers maintained contact with extended family more. Findings illustrate parental differences in bereavement over time that might be partly socially determined. These findings emphasize the need for tailoring bereavement support services in the family. (As Provided).
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