Grief Trajectories of Bereaved Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer

A Qualitative Analysis Using Phenomenology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629441
AutoresJENNY KINGSLEY (0000-0002-7947-9338, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA, autor de correspondencia), Mallory Taylor (0000-0002-8998-4530, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA), Jori F Bogetz (0000-0002-5488-4505, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA), Amy Trowbridge (0000-0002-5204-3147, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA), Abby R Rosenberg (0000-0002-7608-607X, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA), Krysta S Barton (0000-0002-3424-3911, Palliative Care and Resilience Lab, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA)
Año2022
Volumen90
Número1
Páginas275-301
Fecha de publicación2022-05-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228221101705
PMID35575201
OpenAlexW4280626326
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas47

Different parents grieve differently. However, research directed at understanding the important contextual or individual factors that influence the path each bereaved parent takes is lacking. In this qualitative analysis we seek to understand the array of bereaved parent experiences more completely. By deeply diving into one parent dyad using interpretive phenomenology analysis and situating that story within the conventional content analysis of 13 other bereaved parents of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) who died from advanced cancer, we illustrate the roles of religion/spirituality, maintaining a connection, and fulfilling parental roles as elements of grief processing. Clinicians and investigators should consider similar individualized approaches to understanding and supporting the grief experiences of bereaved parents before and after the death of a child

Alternative medicine · Cancer · Childhood cancer · Content analysis · Developmental psychology · Dyad · Grief · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Path analysis (statistics · Phenomenology (philosophy · Psychotherapist · Qualitative analysis · Qualitative research · Sociology · Spirituality · Family Support in Illness · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology