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- Title
Time in Grief: How do Bereaved Parents Mentalize It?
- Authors
Janusz, Bernadetta; Jurek, Joanna; Dejko-Wańczyk, Karolina
- Abstract
In this multimethod study, we examine bereaved parents' capacity for mentalizing the temporal dimension of their grief. The theoretical assumptions of our study draw on the clinical and anthropological perspectives on the passage of time in grief. Parents' mentalization of their experience of grief was measured both in the attachment context, using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and using the narrative Child Loss Interview (CLI). We used thematic analysis to code parents' mentalizing utterances in order to categorize time-related changes during the grieving process. Parents generally mentalize their grief-related experiences at a lower level of reflective functioning than their general attachment experiences. However, a higher general ability to mentalize contributes to a higher level of RF and greater coherence in mentalizing their grief. Parents experience time in grief through oscillation between the past with the deceased child and a restricted form of existence in the present reality.
- Subjects
DEATH &; psychology; GRIEF; THOUGHT &; thinking; PSYCHOLOGY of parents; TIME; RESEARCH methodology; ATTACHMENT behavior; PARENT-child relationships; THEMATIC analysis; BEREAVEMENT; REFLECTION (Philosophy)
- Publication
Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2024, Vol 88, Issue 4, p1446
- ISSN
0030-2228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00302228211062369