Mothers Coping With Bereavement in the 2008 China Earthquake

A Dual Process Model Analysis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13627792
AutoresLin Chen (0000-0001-5135-3998, Fudan University), L J Chen (0009-0001-0501-1337, Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Fang Fu (0000-0002-8158-492X, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, autor correspondente), Wei Sha (0000-0002-2099-8205, Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Cecilia L W Chan (Hong Kong University, China), Clw Chan (0000-0002-3334-4104, University of Hong Kong), Amy Y M Chow (Hong Kong University, China)
Ano2017
Volume80
Fascículo1
Páginas69-86
Data de publicação2017-08-21
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)
DOI10.1177/0030222817725181
PMID28823220
OpenAlexW2747987150
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas30

The purpose of this study is to explore the grief experiences of mothers after they lost their children in the 2008 China earthquake. Informed by the Dual Process Model, this study conducted in-depth interviews to explore how six bereaved mothers coped with such grief over a 2-year period. Right after the earthquake, these mothers suffered from intensive grief. They primarily coped with loss-oriented stressors. As time passed, these mothers began to focus on restoration-oriented stressors to face changes in life. This coping trajectory was a dynamic and integral process, which bereaved mothers oscillated between loss- and restoration-oriented stressors. This study offers insight in extending the existing empirical evidence of the Dual Process Model

China · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Grief · Psychotherapist · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology