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Peer reviewedChesser, Barbara Jo – Family Relations, 1981
Studied persons who had accidentally killed another person to explore factors that had helped these individuals cope with the ensuing stress. Ten case study summaries are presented. Results reinforce the important role family members, friends, and the community play in helping traumatized persons manage stress. (Author)
Descriptors: Accidents, Case Studies, Community Support, Coping
Peer reviewedKitson, Gay C.; And Others – Family Relations, 1996
Addresses problems associated with conducting research on difficult family topics. Issues examined are personal issues that play a role in research topic selections, problems obtaining Review Board permission to do certain research, emotional problems experienced by researchers and interviewers doing work on loss, and emotional problems of…
Descriptors: Coping, Death, Divorce, Emotional Problems
Peer reviewedWood, Britton – Family Relations, 1987
Describes workshop approach for helping adults deal with loss and grief which combines one-day seminar, support system development, and a reunion of seminar participants. Explains content and activities of the workshop which is held prior to the holidays and offers suggestions for family life educators interested in offering similar programs.…
Descriptors: Adults, Coping, Death, Family Life Education
Peer reviewedBalkwell, Carolyn – Family Relations, 1981
The death of one's spouse brings trauma, grief, and the necessity of restructuring one's life. Some widowed persons experience economic hardships, emotional and social problems, and ill health. Help should be offered to widowed persons in such a way that they are not made to feel dependent. (Author)
Descriptors: Coping, Counseling Techniques, Death, Developmental Tasks
Peer reviewedGage, M. Geraldine; Holcomb, Ralph – Family Relations, 1991
Surveyed 242 couples whose pet had died during 3 years prior to survey. About one-half of wives and over one-quarter of husbands reported being "quite" or "extremely" disturbed by pet death. Husbands rated pet loss about as stressful as loss of close friendship; wives rated it about as stressful as losing touch with married children. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Coping, Death, Emotional Response, Family (Sociological Unit)
Peer reviewedAadalen, Sharon – Family Relations, 1980
Family-centered intervention after the death of a baby due to sudden infant death syndrome facilitates reorganization, growth, and development of the family system. A potentially defeating crisis becomes an opportunity to develop coping skills and strengthen family members. Public health nursing is an essential component of the program.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Coping, Death, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedDoherty, William J., Ed.; McCubbin, Hamilton I., Ed. – Family Relations, 1985
Discusses research and interventions related to family health care. Topics include health promotion; risk behaviors; vulnerability and illness onset; choosing health care systems; stress; caregiving and coping; family counseling; and family responses to Alzheimer's Disease, pediatric cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and obesity. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Children
