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- Title
A Treatment Outcome Study of Bereavement Groups for Children.
- Authors
Tonkins, Sue Anne Morrison; Lambert, Michael J.
- Abstract
The article discusses bereavement in children. One of the most painful stressors, and one that can have life-long ramifications, is the death of an immediate family member. If the person experiencing the loss is an adult, that adult often has sufficient coping mechanisms and emotional and cognitive maturity to deal with the death. Children, on the other hand, have less adequate coping skills, and are continually faced with reprocessing their grief at various developmental stages. In addition, children have a particularly intense and special relationship with their primary family members, different than that of adults who can have intense relationships with many different people. Thus, death can be even more devastating for children than it is for adults. Verbal discussions of the deceased seem to facilitate memories and thoughts of the deceased, which lead to the engagement of affect as well as disclosure of their thoughts and affect. This active expression may be therapeutic and help decrease grief symptomatology.
- Subjects
BEREAVEMENT; EMOTIONS in children; DEATH; CHILDREN &; death; GROUP psychotherapy; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 1996, Vol 13, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0738-0151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF01876592