- Title
- "Giving voice" to the bereaved : family grief and resilience after a child has died
- Creator
- Scheepers, Lucas Johannes
- Subject
- Bereavement -- Psychological aspects
- Subject
- Death -- Psychological aspects
- Subject
- Loss (Psychology)
- Subject
- Grief
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9977
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021096
- Description
- This study investigated family grief and resilience following a child’s death. Representing 23 families, 35 bereaved parents completed biographical questionnaires, the Family Hardiness Index, and the Family Attachment and Changeability Index 8. Significant positive correlations were found between family hardiness and family adaptation, and between parents’ age and family hardiness. Using grounded theory, interviews allowed for the formulation of categories including grief, continuing bonds, external support, religion, and family hardiness. The study reveals the need for exploring unique experiences of families bereaved by children’s deaths and identifies family hardiness as a potential resilience factor for this population
- Format
- 37 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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