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Direct linkHolland, Jason M.; Futterman, Andrew; Thompson, Larry W.; Moran, Christine; Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores – Death Studies, 2013
Previous research has identified three distinct factors that make up the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief-Present (TRIG-Present) scale, which tap into grief-related thoughts, emotional response, and nonacceptance regarding a loss. In the present study, the authors sought to identify which of these core grief experiences in the early aftermath of…
Descriptors: Spouses, Grief, Coping, Older Adults
Corden, Anne; Hirst, Michael – Death Studies, 2013
This article investigates the nature, context, and impact of economic stressors associated with loss, drawing on a mixed-methods study of changes in financial circumstances and economic roles following death of a life partner. Findings show how economic changes, and the practicalities of dealing with such transitions, shaped individual responses…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Stress Variables, Grief, Financial Problems
Ogata, Kohske; Ishikawa, Takaki; Michiue, Tomomi; Nishi, Yuko; Maeda, Hitoshi – Death Studies, 2011
The authors investigated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in Japanese bereaved family members using a questionnaire. Participants were bereaved as a result of suicide and homicide (n = 51 and 49, respectively), with natural death (n = 56) as a control; and their relationships to the deceased were parent-child (n = 79), conjugal (n =…
Descriptors: Homicide, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, Family Relationship
Chan, Wallace Chi Ho; Chan, Cecilia L. W. – Death Studies, 2011
Response to the death of a spouse was examined by focusing on acceptance, which was conceptualized as both a process and an outcome. Grounded theory was applied to analyze the experience of 15 bereaved Hong Kong Chinese older adults. The main theme that emerged was time. Acceptance of spousal death was found to be related to the search for meaning…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Death
Sanders, Sara; Ott, Carol H.; Kelber, Sheryl T.; Noonan, Patricia – Death Studies, 2008
An abundance of literature on caregivers of individuals with dementia has been written since the mid-1980s. However, most of this literature focused on the experience of stress, burden, and depression in caregivers, thus excluding the grief experience that also accompanies the caregiving experience. The purpose of this multimethod study is to…
Descriptors: Grief, Freedom, Alzheimers Disease, Dementia
Ungar, Lea; Florian, Victor – Death Studies, 2004
This study examines the factors contributing to middle-aged widows' adaptation to their husbands' death due to physical illness, 1 to 5 years after the initial loss. Ninety-three widows and 93 married women, who served as controls, filled out questionnaires assessing their experience of stress and strain, their Sense of Coherence level, the social…
Descriptors: Spouses, Females, Widowed, Mental Health
