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Showing 1 to 20 of 270 for “"Bereavement"”.
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Reactivity, Coping, and Adjustment after Bereavement
Despite the relatively common occurrence of bereavement, or experiencing the death of a loved one, there is considerable variability in individuals' responses to that experience. In the present study, individuals' responses to bereavement were investigated using the Stress and Coping Model …
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Different Coloured Tears: Bicultural Bereavement Perspectives
… studies. The first study explored the bereavement experiences of individuals belonging to Māori and Pākehā bicultural families, offering insights related to the emergence of conflict, negotiation and pathways to resolution. The insights gathered gave rise to further explorations …
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The Lived Experience of Parental Bereavement
… research study on the phenomenon of parental bereavement. The aim of this study is to describe the lived experience of bereaved mothers and fathers who have experienced the death of a child due to cancer. Van Manen’s (1997) method guided this qualitative inquiry. New knowledge describing the …
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Personal bereavement and Registered General Nurses
… of family hospitalisation, and ensuing bereavement, to the detriment of individual nurses and midwives - particularly by predisposing them to delayed onset of their grief, perhaps for months or even years.
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Patterns and Outcomes of Bereavement Support-Seeking Among Older Adults with Complicated Grief and Bereavement-Related Depression
The dissertation aims to enhance knowledge about bereavement support-seeking among older adults with Complicated Grief (CG) and/or depression and to examine the outcomes of support received. This three-paper dissertation uses data from two studies of bereaved older adults: the Changing Lives of …
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Bereavement, Grief and Juvenile Delinquency: A Participation Study
… this study explored the relationship between bereavement, grief and juvenile delinquency. The nature of the connection between childhood and adolescent bereavement and juvenile delinquency was investigated using a psychologically and sociologically based multidisciplinary framework. After …
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Bereavement and Disability: Implications for the Therapeutic Encounter
… the portfolio and the overarching themes of bereavement and of disability. It introduces the researcher and the motivation behind this portfolio. Research Study: This study explores the therapeutic relationship in bereavement counselling for clients with learning disabilities. Specifically, …
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A study of bereavement in the Abrahamic faiths
… and religious leaders to explore the essences of bereavement and implications for providing religiously appropriate end of life and bereavement care in an acute hospital setting. Phenomenology provided the philosophical and intellectual framework and van Manen’s (1984) four existential dimensions …
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Bereavement in children : a school based intervention programme
The consequences of childhood bereavement are two-fold, in the pain he/ she suffers at the time of the death, and in future psychiatric disorders which can follow unresolved mourning. The bereaved child needs a familiar and responsible adult outside the family to help him/her cope with his/her …
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Exploration and development of bereavement care for older people.
… research carried out for this thesis explored bereavement in healthcare settings where contacts with bereaved older people commonly occur, and used data collected to develop guidelines for practice. The guidelines provide research informed enhancement to bereavement care and develop …
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How autistic adults experience bereavement: an interpretative phenomenological study
Bereavement is a stressful life event that disrupts a person’s world on relational, practical, and spiritual levels. The aim of this study is to elucidate what it is like for autistic individuals, who characteristically desire predictability and continuity, to experience the death of a loved one. …
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The experience of bereavement for people with intellectual disabilities
Previous research investigating the bereavement experiences of people with Intellectual Disabilities found that carers do not always prepare people for deaths or include them in mourning rituals. It has also been found that some carers lack confidence in providing bereavement support to people with …
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Post September 11th Suicide Rates: Durkheim and Communal Bereavement
… The opposing view point is that of communal bereavement, which proposes an increase in suicides after a public tragedy due to the tendency of individuals to be emotionally impacted by events which do not involve them directly. To test which theoretical framework prevails, the suicide rates of …
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Exploring process and outcomes of a therapeutic homicide bereavement service
There is growing evidence investigating the aftermath of homicide on those families bereaved. The literature suggests a potentially devastating emotional and psychological impact on family members and loved ones. Despite this, the research focused on developing and empirically evaluating service …
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An exploration into positive emotions following bereavement – relief and guilt
… presence of positive emotions within the bereavement experience is rarely acknowledged by either bereavement literature and research, and the wider socio-cultural context of the western world. This situation raises issues relating to the deemed appropriateness or otherwise of such emotions …
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