Gender differences in parental coping following their child's death
Title
Gender differences in parental coping following their child's death
Creator
Littlewood JL; Cramer D; Hoekstra J; Humphrey GB
Identifier
Publisher
British Journal Of Guidance And Counselling
Date
1991
Subject
Parent caregivers
Description
The impact of the deaths of 19 children from malignancy on subsequent patterns of maternal and paternal coping styles was evaluated in a retrospective study of Dutch parents. The parents had been bereaved on average for 19 months. Parental coping was measured by the Utrecht Coping List which has comparable male and female norm groups. Coping styles differed significantly between the bereaved parents and their respective norm groups, particularly for parents bereaved for 18 months or less. The impact of the loss of a child, in terms of their parents' capacity to cope with everyday problems and events, would appear to affect mothers and fathers rather differently. But fathers and mothers who had been bereaved for more than 18 months were both closer to their comparable coping style norm groups than those bereaved for less than that time.
1991
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Type
Journal Article
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Citation
Littlewood JL; Cramer D; Hoekstra J; Humphrey GB, “Gender differences in parental coping following their child's death,” Pediatric Palliative Care Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/12094.