Bereaved Parents' Perspectives on Informal Social Support: “What Worked for You?”

Bereaved Parents' Perspectives on Informal Social Support: “What Worked for You?”

Gear R

Journal Of Loss And Trauma

2013

social support; health promotion; parental bereavement; loss; innovation

This study identified and explored the informal social supports that bereaved parents found helpful following the death of their primary school-aged child. Ten participants were interviewed using a semistructured interview schedule. Data were transcribed and analyzed using content and thematic analysis. Results indicate the existence of novel informal supports that enrich contemporary literature. Nine common characteristics of helpful support emerged from the analysis

the specifics of each depended on congruence with parents' unique framework of meaning. Parents also identified five ways to strengthen informal social support. Implications for health promotion research and practice in parental bereavement are discussed.

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