Effects of Sudden vs. Chronic Illness Death on Bereavement Outcome

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13630552
AutoresCatherine Sanders (0000-0002-9752-3611, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, autor de correspondencia), Catherine M Sanders (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Año1983
Volumen13
Número3
Páginas227-241
Fecha de publicación1983-11-01
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)
DOI10.2190/rtpf-m5ea-6n7a-7d0d
OpenAlexW2076250559
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30
Referencias citadas17

Eighty-six bereaved participants were interviewed shortly after the death of a close family member and again eighteen months later. The Grief Experience Inventory and MMPI were administered on both occasions. Responses were separated into three groups according to the mode of death; sudden death (N = 33), long-term chronic illness (N = 27), and short-term chronic illness death (N = 26). Analysis of data yielded no statistically significant differences among groups but indicated some important trends. The short-term chronic illness group made the most favorable adjustment to bereavement. While the sudden death and long-term chronic illness death groups sustained higher intensities of bereavement at eighteen months, there appeared to be both qualitative and quantitative differences between the reactions of these two groups. The sudden death group indicated an internalized emotional response described as an “anger-in” or intropunitive response causing them to sustain prolonged physical stress. The long-term chronic illness group expressed an “anger-out” response which, while creating a picture of dejection, frustration, and loneliness, did not cause them to sustain the prolonged physiological component

Anger · Grief · Loneliness · Psychiatry · Sudden death · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology