Things that help and hinder adolescent sibling bereavement
adolescent; Female; Humans; Male; bereavement; Death; Adolescent Psychology; Family; Interpersonal Relations; Questionnaires; social support; Sibling Relations; Nursing Methodology Research; Sampling Studies; Adaptation; Psychological; sibling bereavement; Classification
A taxonomy of the things that help and hinder adolescents' sibling bereavement was developed from the responses of 140 bereaved adolescents to the questions What helped you cope with your sibling's death? and What made it harder to cope with your sibling's death? The dichotomous taxonomic framework revealed five categories. The categories of self, family, friends, social system, and time contained descriptions of things that helped coping. The categories of self, family, and social system also included descriptions of things that hindered coping with sibling grief. Support considered helpful was perceived as "people being there for me." Support that was considered as not helpful (insensitive) was perceived as "people not being there for me." Two themes emerged from the data. The theme of resourcefulness pervaded each of the helped categories and served to increase the adolescents' sense of resiliency. The theme of helplessness pervaded the three hindered categories and created a sense of vulnerability.
1994-04
Hogan NS; DeSantis L
Western Journal Of Nursing Research
1994
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1177/019394599401600202" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1177/019394599401600202</a>
Adolescent Sibling Bereavement: An Ongoing Attachment
sibling bereavement
A taxonomy of the adolescent sibling bereavement process was developed from the responses of 157 bereaved adolescents to the question "If you could ask or tell your dead sibling something, what would it be?" The taxonomy had six mutually exclusive categories: regretting, endeavoring to understand, catching up, reaffirming, influencing, and reuniting. Pervasive throughout the taxonomy was the theme of "ongoing attachment"; that is, the emotional and social bond with the deceased sibling remains continuous throughout the bereavement process. The notion of ongoing presence illustrates the timelessness of adolescent bereavement and the infiniteness of the sibling bond. The phenomena of "ongoing presence" and timelessness challenge current medical science conceptualizations of bereavement that postulate that grief is time bound and that healthy recovery depends on severance of emotional bonds with the deceased. Qualitative and quantitative studies are needed to develop a substantive theory of adolescent sibling bereavement that is developmentally appropriate, accounts for variability by cause of and circumstances surrounding the death, and is culturally relevant.
1992-05
Hogan N; DeSantis L
Qualitative Health Research
1992
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1177/104973239200200204" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1177/104973239200200204</a>
The concept of themes as used in qualitative nursing research
Research; Nursing
2000
DeSantis L; Ugarizza DN
Western Journal Of Nursing Research
2000
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1177/01939450022044467" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1177/01939450022044467</a>