Mourning, Ritual and Recovery after an Airline Tragedy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13627723
AutoresPearl Katz (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, autor correspondente), Paul T Bartone (0000-0002-5767-0086, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research), Paul Bartone (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research)
Ano1998
Volume36
Fascículo3
Páginas193-200
Data de publicação1998-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/eh1m-8np0-279y-5fdr
OpenAlexW2028030207
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas12

The crash of a chartered Army jetliner in Gander, Newfoundland in 1985 resulted in the deaths of 248 soldiers from one battalion stationed in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. This article describes the multiple mourning rituals enacted by the geographically localized family members, other battalion members, and other soldiers at the base and examines the functions of these rituals in contributing to group and individual recovery. Such rituals encouraged the participants to confront their losses, separate the past from the present and future and, thereby, promoted individual and group autonomy. Autonomy was demonstrated by individually and collectively working-through their losses, reintegrating into the community, reaffirming community solidarity, and strengthening community ties

Autonomy · Criminology · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Tragedy (event · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research