J William Worden
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 230402 |
|---|---|
| NOME | J William Worden |
| PRENOMES | J William |
| SOBRENOME | Worden |
| ASSINATURA | WORDEN J W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Rosemead School of Psychology, La Mirada, California |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1972 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
My reflections – where do we go from here
Publications
Worden, J. W. (2018). Grief counseling and grief therapy: A handbook for the mental health practitioner (5th ed.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1891/9780826134752Worden, J. W. (2009). Grief counsel...
Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy
Understanding why fathers assume primary medical caretaker responsibilities of children with life-threatening illnesses
Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy
Psychosocial Effects of War Experiences among Displaced Children in Southern Darfur
This study focused on assessing the psychosocial effects of the long standing, high intensity, and guerrilla-style of warfare among displaced children in Southern Darfur. The goal was to better understand the etiology, prognosis, and treatment implications for traumatic reactions, depression, and grief symptoms in this population. Three hundred thirty-one children aged 6-17 from three IDP Camps were selected using a quota sampling approach and we…
Considerations in Conceptualizing Complicated Grief
An Empirical Study of the Proposed Complicated Grief Disorder Criteria
Diagnostic criteria for complicated grief have been proposed as a pathological disorder for inclusion into the next edition of the DSM. However, to date, little empirical testing of the criteria to support or refute the diagnostic claims has been completed. Since the original criteria were developed based on work with widows and widowers, further testing with other bereft groups is needed before advancing complicated grief to a diagnosis worthy o…
Comparing Parent Loss With Sibling Loss
The death of a loved one is a traumatic loss for children, but little attention has been paid to how children's responses vary according to who died--a parent or a sibling. This article reports the findings of a comparison between children's responses to parent and sibling loss. Two samples of bereaved children were combined for the project, which compared children's scores on the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist. Findings indicated that there …
Children and Grief
Parental Death and the Adjustment of School-Age Children
Findings on the emotional impact of parental death for dependent children have not been consistent due to serious methodological limitations. The Child Bereavement Study investigated a community-based sample of parentally bereaved children and compared their responses to those from matched non-bereaved controls. Children and their surviving parent were assessed four months, one year, and two years after the death using standardized instrumentatio…
Grief and Depression in Newly Widowed Parents with School-Age Children
The objectives of this study were to examine depression levels found in newly widowed parents with school age children and to distinguish bereavement dysphoria from clinical depression. A community based sample of seventy bereaved families with school-age children were assessed four months after the death and at the first anniversary. Parents were assessed with the CES-D depression scale [1], and the Impact of Events Scale [2], and the Family Inv…
Children's Understanding of Funeral Ritual
One hundred-twenty children who experienced the death of one of their parents were interviewed about their view of the funeral ritual. Ninety-five percent of them attended the funeral. Shortly after the death they recalled little about the funeral. Two years later, children reported that it was important to them that they had attended. Attendance helped them to acknowledge the death, provided an occasion for honoring their deceased parent, and ma…
Detachment revisited
During the year following a parent's death, children in a community-based sample were found to have developed an inner construction of the dead parent. This continued, though altered, relationship appeared to facilitate their coping with the loss and with accompanying changes in their lives. Implications for understanding the bereavement process and for interventions focusing on detachment are discussed
Children's reactions in the early months after the death of a parent
The reactions of a nonclinical group of 125 dependent children aged 6-17 years were examined within four months of the death of a parent. Focus was on normative behavior in the domains of the children's reactions to the death itself, their affective experience, their efforts at remaining connected to the deceased, their social network and support system, and changes in their families resulting from the death
Attitudes and Experiences of Death Workshop Attendees
Attendees at workshops and lectures given by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross were asked to complete a questionnaire which assessed the following: 1) First death experience, 2) Present conceptualization of death, 3) Anticipated reactions to a personal terminal illness, 4) Resources in managing one's own death, and 5) Difficulties experienced in working with dying persons. The 5,274 questionnaires were coded and analyzed. In addition to reporting frequen…
Psychosocial Analysis of Cancer Deaths
In addition to biological activity and cancer treatment, psychosocial considerations may influence both the quality of survival and its length. The investigators used information from psychological autopsies of cancer deaths, and correlated observed survival (measured in months beyond expected survival) with psychosocial findings. Patients who lived significantly longer tended to maintain cooperative and mutually responsive relationships, especia…
Survival Quotient as a Method for Investigating Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Survival
Terminally ill cancer patients die at different rates and some of this variance is due to psychosocial differences. In order to discover this variance we developed the Survival Quotient, an index of relative longevity which is applicable across different tumor sites with widely differing life expectancies. The Quotient is based on the difference between Observed Survival, i.e., how long a patient lived from diagnosis to death, and Expected Surviv…
The right to die
On researching death
Comparing Parent Loss With Sibling Loss
The death of a loved one is a traumatic loss for children, but little attention has been paid to how children's responses vary according to who died--a parent or a sibling. This article reports the findings of a comparison between children's responses to parent and sibling loss. Two samples of bereaved children were combined for the project, which compared children's scores on the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist. Findings indicated that there …
The right to die
On researching death
Survival Quotient as a Method for Investigating Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Survival
Terminally ill cancer patients die at different rates and some of this variance is due to psychosocial differences. In order to discover this variance we developed the Survival Quotient, an index of relative longevity which is applicable across different tumor sites with widely differing life expectancies. The Quotient is based on the difference between Observed Survival, i.e., how long a patient lived from diagnosis to death, and Expected Surviv…
Psychosocial Analysis of Cancer Deaths
In addition to biological activity and cancer treatment, psychosocial considerations may influence both the quality of survival and its length. The investigators used information from psychological autopsies of cancer deaths, and correlated observed survival (measured in months beyond expected survival) with psychosocial findings. Patients who lived significantly longer tended to maintain cooperative and mutually responsive relationships, especia…
Attitudes and Experiences of Death Workshop Attendees
Attendees at workshops and lectures given by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross were asked to complete a questionnaire which assessed the following: 1) First death experience, 2) Present conceptualization of death, 3) Anticipated reactions to a personal terminal illness, 4) Resources in managing one's own death, and 5) Difficulties experienced in working with dying persons. The 5,274 questionnaires were coded and analyzed. In addition to reporting frequen…
Children's Understanding of Funeral Ritual
One hundred-twenty children who experienced the death of one of their parents were interviewed about their view of the funeral ritual. Ninety-five percent of them attended the funeral. Shortly after the death they recalled little about the funeral. Two years later, children reported that it was important to them that they had attended. Attendance helped them to acknowledge the death, provided an occasion for honoring their deceased parent, and ma…
Detachment revisited
During the year following a parent's death, children in a community-based sample were found to have developed an inner construction of the dead parent. This continued, though altered, relationship appeared to facilitate their coping with the loss and with accompanying changes in their lives. Implications for understanding the bereavement process and for interventions focusing on detachment are discussed
Children's reactions in the early months after the death of a parent
The reactions of a nonclinical group of 125 dependent children aged 6-17 years were examined within four months of the death of a parent. Focus was on normative behavior in the domains of the children's reactions to the death itself, their affective experience, their efforts at remaining connected to the deceased, their social network and support system, and changes in their families resulting from the death
Grief and Depression in Newly Widowed Parents with School-Age Children
The objectives of this study were to examine depression levels found in newly widowed parents with school age children and to distinguish bereavement dysphoria from clinical depression. A community based sample of seventy bereaved families with school-age children were assessed four months after the death and at the first anniversary. Parents were assessed with the CES-D depression scale [1], and the Impact of Events Scale [2], and the Family Inv…
Parental Death and the Adjustment of School-Age Children
Findings on the emotional impact of parental death for dependent children have not been consistent due to serious methodological limitations. The Child Bereavement Study investigated a community-based sample of parentally bereaved children and compared their responses to those from matched non-bereaved controls. Children and their surviving parent were assessed four months, one year, and two years after the death using standardized instrumentatio…
Children and Grief
Comparing Parent Loss With Sibling Loss
The death of a loved one is a traumatic loss for children, but little attention has been paid to how children's responses vary according to who died--a parent or a sibling. This article reports the findings of a comparison between children's responses to parent and sibling loss. Two samples of bereaved children were combined for the project, which compared children's scores on the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist. Findings indicated that there …
An Empirical Study of the Proposed Complicated Grief Disorder Criteria
Diagnostic criteria for complicated grief have been proposed as a pathological disorder for inclusion into the next edition of the DSM. However, to date, little empirical testing of the criteria to support or refute the diagnostic claims has been completed. Since the original criteria were developed based on work with widows and widowers, further testing with other bereft groups is needed before advancing complicated grief to a diagnosis worthy o…
Considerations in Conceptualizing Complicated Grief
Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy
Psychosocial Effects of War Experiences among Displaced Children in Southern Darfur
This study focused on assessing the psychosocial effects of the long standing, high intensity, and guerrilla-style of warfare among displaced children in Southern Darfur. The goal was to better understand the etiology, prognosis, and treatment implications for traumatic reactions, depression, and grief symptoms in this population. Three hundred thirty-one children aged 6-17 from three IDP Camps were selected using a quota sampling approach and we…
Understanding why fathers assume primary medical caretaker responsibilities of children with life-threatening illnesses
Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy
My reflections – where do we go from here
Publications
Worden, J. W. (2018). Grief counseling and grief therapy: A handbook for the mental health practitioner (5th ed.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1891/9780826134752Worden, J. W. (2009). Grief counsel...
Psychology (18 obras) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (14 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Grief (8 obras) · Psychiatry (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras) · Psychotherapist (7 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Developmental psychology (6 obras) · Complicated grief (5 obras)