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Effects of sudden infant death on bereaved siblings: a comparative study

This study investigated behavioural problems (as rated by mothers) in 38 children who had been suddenly bereaved of an infant sibling between 3 and 27 months previously. These children were compared with 40 children matched on age, gender, family…

Grief Related to the Experience of Being the Sibling of a Child With Cancer

BACKGROUND:: Few studies have described the well siblings' experience of grief when a brother or sister is treated for cancer. Knowing how sibling grief is expressed will guide clinician and family efforts to provide appropriate support. OBJECTIVE::…

Tags: 2013, Backlog, Cancer Nursing, Enskär K, Hellström Anna-Lena, Jenholt NM, Journal Article, sibling bereavement

Children's descriptions of their feelings and what they found helpful during bereavement

Although clinicians have described the value of support groups in assisting children mourn the death of someone close, little is known about helping children with bereavement. By understanding what helps children mourn, nurses can better facilitate a…

Tags: 1995, Anger, Art Therapy, Backlog, Bereavement, Child, Child Psychology, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Lehna CR, Male, Nursing Methodology Research, Preschool, Self-Help Groups, sibling bereavement, The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care

Brief report: family-based group intervention for young siblings of children with chronic illness and developmental disability

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of a family-based group intervention for young siblings of children with chronic illness and developmental disability (CI/DD). METHODS: Forty-three healthy siblings (ages 4-7 years) of children with CI/DD and their…

Childhood bereavement after the death of a sibling.

The article describes a study designed to explore the processes of sibling bereavement and to compare children's impressions with those of their parents. The Institute of Medicine model was used as a sensitizing framework for the study. Constant…

Adolescent Bereavement Long-Term Responses to a Sibling's Death from Cancer

The long-term effects of bereavement were assessed 7 to 9 years after death by interviews with 31 adolescent siblings from 21 families who participated in a longitudinal study of home carefor children with cancer. Categorical analysis of the…

Tags: 1991, Backlog, Campos RG, Journal Article, Journal Of Adolescent Research, Martinson IM, sibling bereavement

Patterns of grief in young children following the death of a sibling

Abstract Specific grief behaviors observed in children ages 4-16 years in the 2 years after the death of a sibling are reported. Using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), the parents of 90 boys and girls rated the occurrence of behavior problems in…

Tags: 1995, Backlog, Davies B, Death, Death studies, Grief, Journal Article, McCown DE, sibling bereavement

Self-concept of siblings of children with cancer

Childhood cancer can have detrimental effects on the psychosocial well-being of healthy siblings of children with cancer. The limited research done over the past 40 years has identified adjustment difficulties such as poor self-concept, depression,…

Siblings' needs and issues when a brother or sister dies of cancer.

To explore siblings'needs and issues when a brother or sister dies of cancer, interviews were conducted with 10 surviving children and young adults. The siblings expressed dissatisfaction with the information they had received and said that they had…

Siblings of pediatric cancer patients: the quantitative and qualitative nature of quality of life

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…

Sibling bereavement and continuing bonds.

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…

Treasure Weekend: supporting bereaved siblings

The importance of allowing bereaved siblings the opportunity to be involved and mourn the loss of a sibling family member has gained increasing recognition. Child family members may need support in the same way that parents might need support to cope…

Facilitating children's grief

A program of education and support is essential for children and their parent or adult caregivers when the children have experienced the death of a significant person. Children need guidance on how to deal with their profound feelings of grief. The…

Tags: 2003, Adolescent, Adult, Backlog, Child, Child Psychology, Communication, Counseling, Death, Grief, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Journal Article, Riely M, School Nursing, Self-Help Groups, sibling bereavement, The Journal Of School Nursing: The Official Publication Of The National Association Of School Nurses

Sibling bereavement: a concept analysis.

Investigators of sibling bereavement contend that the death of a sibling represents a unique and intense loss experience. The empirical literature, however, lacks conceptual clarity about the characteristics of sibling bereavement. Metaphors of…

Tags: 1997, Adult, Backlog, Bereavement, Concept Formation, Death, Death studies, Humans, Journal Article, Mahon MM, Models, Psychological, Research Design, Robinson L, Self Concept, sibling bereavement, Sibling Relations, T, United States

A meta-analysis of interventions for bereaved children and adolescents

The main objective of this review was to provide a quantitative and methodologically sound evaluation of existing treatments for bereavement and grief reactions in children and adolescents. Two meta-analyses were conducted: 1 on controlled studies…

The forgotten griever: a nationwide follow-up study of mortality subsequent to the death of a sibling

Previous findings have suggested that the loss of a family member is associated with mortality among bereaved family members. The least-studied familial relationship in the bereavement literature is that of siblings, although loss of a sibling may…

Loss in the NICU Sibling Matters

Siblings of patients that have lengthy stays in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may be affected emotionally by their brother’s or sister’s condition, separation, or even death. In an effort to assess the effect of perinatal loss on siblings a…

Tags: 2013, American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Backlog, Bereavement, Carter BS, Family, Intensive Care, Journal Article, Loss, Neonatal, Robinson E, Sandler CL, sibling bereavement, Siblings

Meeting the bereavement needs of kids in patient/families--not just playing around

Children grieve differently than adults. Although the unit of care in hospice is the patient and family, emphasis is often on the grown members of the family and the anticipatory grief and bereavement needs of children and adolescents are sometimes…

Risk factors in the adjustment of siblings of children with cancer

The study investigated the psychological adjustment of 99 siblings of children with cancer. At 6 months post-diagnosis, 24 siblings had scores in the borderline or clinical range on parent- and teacher-completed measures of behavioural adjustment and…

Children's reactions to parental and sibling death

A significant population of children will experience bereavement because of the death of a parent or a sibling. This grief is different from the bereavement seen in adults and needs to be understood in a developmental context. Cognitive and emotional…

Tags: 2006, Attitude To Death, Backlog, Bereavement, Child, Cognition, Culture, Current Psychiatry Reports, Humans, Journal Article, Parents, Psychotherapy, Razdan A, Risk Factors, sibling bereavement, Siblings, Sood AB, Weller EB, Weller R

A qualitative study of advice from bereaved parents and siblings.

Despite a growing bereavement literature, relatively little is known about what families find helpful after a child's death and how best to assist them during the grieving process. In this qualitative study, the authors explored advice from 40…

Tags: 2011, Backlog, Barrera M, Davies B, Foster TL, Gerhardt CA, Gilmer MJ, Hogan N, IM, Journal Article, Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, Miller KS, sibling bereavement, Thompson AL, Vannatta K

Supporting the family after the death of a child.

The death of a child can have a devastating effect on the family. The pediatrician has an important role to play in supporting the parents and any siblings still in his or her practice after such a death. Pediatricians may be poorly prepared to…

Transition: a conceptual analysis in the context of siblings of children with cancer

Transition has been described by many disciplines. However, the concept of transition has yet to be applied to the sibling experience of childhood cancer. Understanding the transitions that siblings encounter is important because it will offer nurses…

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