The relationship between grief adjustment and continuing bonds for parents who have lost a child
Female; Humans; infant; Male; Grief; Adult; Parent-Child Relations; Interpersonal Relations; Questionnaires; Attitude to Death; Life Change Events; quality of life; adolescent; Adaptation; Psychological; infant; Newborn; Parents/psychology; Object Attachment
This article presents findings from a study on the impact of a child's death on parents. We explored the prominence and adaptiveness of parents' continuing bonds expressions, psychological adjustment, and grief reactions. A qualitative case study methodology was used to describe six cases. Participants were classified into two groups based on scores on the Inventory of Complicated Grief. Commonalities in themes on the Continuing Bonds Interview and projective drawings were assessed. Those in the Non-Complicated Grief Group reported internalization of positive qualities and identification with the deceased child as a role model, whereas participants in the Complicated Grief Group did not report these experiences. In addition, the drawings of those in the Non-Complicated Grief Group were evaluated as more adaptive than those in the Complicated Grief Group.
2009
Ronen R; Packman W; Field NP; Davies B; Kramer R; Long JK
Omega
2009
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.2190/om.60.1.a" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.2190/om.60.1.a</a>
Siblings of pediatric cancer patients: the quantitative and qualitative nature of quality of life
adolescent; Child; Female; Humans; Male; bereavement; Neoplasms; Siblings; Sick Role; Sibling Relations; Personality Inventory; Self-Help Groups; quality of life; Adaptation; Psychological; sibling bereavement; Camping; Personality Assessment
This study used both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to assess the pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in siblings (n = 77) of cancer patients attending summer camp. On quantitative measures (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) parent and child versions), siblings reported statistically significant improvements in HRQOL from pre-to post camp. The parent sample, as a whole, did not report a statistically significant improvement in the siblings' HRQOL; however, statistically significant improvements were found when the analysis controlled for the responses of bereaved parents. On the qualitative measures (Sibling Qualitative Interview and Camp Okizu Satisfaction Surveys), both children and parents described the positive impact of camp. Using grounded theory, we identified the major themes and found that the positive emotional and social experiences captured by the quotes were paralleled in the quantitative findings of improved HRQOL in psychosocial domains on the PedsQL. These findings suggest the beneficial effects of camp as a psychological intervention and illustrate the value of integrating quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches in research.
2005
Packman W; Greenhalgh J; Chesterman B; Shaffer T; Fine J; Van Zutphen K; Golan R; Amylon Michael D
Journal Of Psychosocial Oncology
2005
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1300/J077v23n01_06" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1300/J077v23n01_06</a>
Sibling bereavement and continuing bonds.
Child; Humans; Adult; Interpersonal Relations; adolescent; Adaptation; Psychological; bereavement; sibling bereavement; SSHRC CURA; Siblings/psychology; T
Historically, from a Freudian and medical model perspective, emotional disengagement from the deceased was seen as essential to the successful adaptation of bereavement. A major shift in the bereavement literature has occurred and it is now generally accepted that despite the permanence of physical separation, the bereaved remains involved and connected to the deceased and can be emotionally sustained through continuing bonds. The majority of literature has focused on adults and on the nature of continuing bonds following the death of a spouse. In this article, the authors demonstrate how the continuing bonds concept applies to the sibling relationship. We describe the unique continued relationship formed by bereaved children and adolescents following a sibling loss, highlight the factors that influence the siblings continuing bonds expressions, and offer clinical interventions. In our view, mental health professionals can play an important role in helping parents encourage activities that may facilitate the creation and maintenance of continuing bonds in their children.
2006-11
Packman W; Horsley H; Davies B; Kramer R
Death Studies
2006
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