Exploring Factors That Helped Adolescents Adjust and Continue With Life After the Death of a Parent

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629892
AutoresDane Ludik (Stellenbosch University), Abraham P Greeff (0000-0002-0427-2623, Stellenbosch University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen84
Número4
Páginas964-984
Fecha de publicación2020-05-06
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)
DOI10.1177/0030222820923905
PMID32375591
OpenAlexW2618671258
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas46

The aim of this study was to explore factors that helped adolescents to adjust and continue with life after the death of a parent. A qualitative research design was utilized, in which 12 participants participated in semistructured interviews. Data were analyzed according to thematic analysis. The following categories and themes emerged from the data: family support-supportive remaining parent, parent has a supportive partner and supportive extended family; social support-child has supportive friends and supportive community; religion--religion as a coping mechanism and religion as means of communicating with the deceased parent; and a strong personal sense of coherence (the ability to relate to and make sense of the world) as an intrapersonal coping mechanism. In addition, the following themes also emerged: exercising, allowing time to prepare for the death of a terminally ill parent, tangible reminders of the deceased, and journal writing. The findings can be used to design interventions for adolescents whose parent has passed away

Alternative medicine · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Interpersonal communication · Intrapersonal communication · Life review · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Social support · Thematic analysis · Family and Disability Support Research · Family Support in Illness · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology